When I fast
Food gets stuck in my mind.
There’s a joke in there
But I am not telling it well
So ask me a yes or no
Question about the others.
There’s a punchline as well
But it hurts when it lands,
I prefer to think about
Sad things rather than lies.
Here is my my blue dance of
Maidens and yellow cubes.
Luck has it both ways :
When I draw, when I bet.
My grand-parents had bagage,
My parents, a home
Before them
No one had anything much.
I was given a golden handle
But that’s plenty since
I can flee, and where I land
Is the quarry.

Image credit : Jerry Lewis