Lucky Me

[couchgrouch]

Lucky MeHe lost a bundle rollin' dice in some alleywaythen walked in 7/11 with the rest of his paybought a Powerball with his last few bucksasked the clerk for change to try his luckat a game of pinballhe'd just got divorced...and was a newly single manbut he still couldn't hock his wedding bandhe just wrote his lucky number in those blankspraying that the lottery was a poor man's bankand his interest was a windfallsomeday the odds or God'd change his losing streakthen he won at pinball and thought "Lucky me"they'd met at the dogtrack...both had bets on Biter's Barktheir mutt lost and that gave their first kiss spit n sparkthough passion had always been their one sure beteven snake eyes could've seen by how they wedtheir marriage was a gonerthey hopped in his Datsun and took a weekend triphad a drive-thru wedding near the Vegas striptipped Elvis twenty to be his best man that nightfor two packs of Kools a Dolly Parton look-a-likewas the maid of honorbut love has an ante and time has a feewhen she left, like a fool he thought "lucky me"well, it was porkrinds n port winewhen he turned on the news at tenhe sat there in wonder when his lucky numberfin'lly came in but he almost couldn't bear it they said he'd hafta share itsomeone else had the same pick as himwith those figures he figured he'd still be set for lifebut fortune kept payin' cos the other winner was his ex-wifeseems like her lucky number was their anniversaryafter a fiery kiss they both said "lucky me"(c)2006 Robert George