The Player

Major arcana, minor arcana, full house and 7even of diamonds.

The game is over and what’s done is done.

How mischievous are the cards, think of the gamer, as he plays against the masked devil that is another gamer identical to him.

How mischievous are the cards, think of the gamer, as he loses and wins as if possessed and doubles his take and doubles his losses and still does not stop.

How mischievous are the cards, think of the gamer, the cards tell his past, present and future, they build castles in the sky, they build castles made of sky.

How mischievous are the cards, think of the gamer, if he could but sell his soul to that identical gamer, to play on and on for infinity and always.

How mischievous are the cards, think of the gamer, as he sees his opponent only to see their hand, identical to his own.

He looks at those cards again, the cards have changed, the game has changed and the wheel of fortune has spun and disappeared but then returns and will not abandon him again.