Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A DUPLICATE GAME, by RAY CLARKE ROSE


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A DUPLICATE GAME, by                    
First Line: A game of whist? Who could resist
Last Line: A game of whist?
Subject(s): Chance; Deception; Games; Recreation; Pastimes; Amusements


A game of whist? Who could resist
The challenge bold when you insist?
And yet I 'm told that, entre nous,
You always hold a trick or two
Unknown to your antagonist.

I own I am no analyst
Of maiden's ways, nor grasp the gist
Of half their plays—thus I may rue
A game of whist.

But, like an ardent optimist,
I 'll give the wheel of chance a twist;
I 'll play my hand—and would it do
To try to win your hand from you
If hearts be trumps? Do you persist—
A game of whist?





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