Thank you to Mark Antony Rossi for publishing my poem in Ariel Chart.

https://www.arielchart.com/2020/11/roll-of-dice.html

Roll Of The Dice

 

In a universe full of randomness

can any roll of the dice, 

or anything rolling off of a civil tongue be profitable?

 

The shaken get tossed,

creating a jumble and tumble

of silver voices or red and black boxcars 

(those 6’s look really cool as neighbors.)

 

We, plenty armed with facts and points of view.

A straight line thrown from a grasp by supple fingers.

The strategy of an exercised wrist and tongue

as each bounces into an unknown.

 

Show your pips and your verbs,

for your success in either case

entitles you to a percent of the house,

and lets you sandwich the cash.

 

A certain energy spits,

as the second die adds to the efforts of the first.

And clarifying your spoken words

adds to the effort of the original statement.

 

We celebrate the uniqueness of each facet on the rolling bones,

and what positive phrases register in the mind.

 

Three rolls and third time spoken’s sometimes the charm.

This trilogy crushes the guilt

of any benefit you might acquire.

 

To realistically find what was sought or desired;

a great reward for keeping one’s eye on the prize.