Jukebox Mettle

Whence this much change

shoots out

the slots,

I'm lucky

lucky...

too lucky!

so I thought

to count the cents

chips, and quarter pasts,

the tinted glass

downed

I pull my shades

and all these

winnings

shimmer...

Wurlitzer voices

like tantalizing snacks

and I can feel

the metal creeping up

a realization gravitational

that grounds the lot

...to cut and run

or face the music

and play it,

one more time

2024 JUN 23