Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FOUR-FLUSHERS, by WILLIAM A. PHELON


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FOUR-FLUSHERS, by                    
First Line: Great is the four-flush. In the sporting world
Last Line: For life is just a four-flush, after all!
Subject(s): Duplicity; Poverty; Sports; Deceit


GREAT is The Four-flush. In the sporting world
We find the smooth four-flusher everywhere,
Broke, as a rule, yet making us believe
He's sitting pretty, with a lordly air!
He tells us just how we should bet and play,
And he, perhaps, last dined on yesterday!
He struts like any emperor—he talks
In tens of thousands—big stuff all the time—
He hypnotizes all his listeners—and
It's three to one he hasn't got a dime.
Let him keep popping—do not razz or call—
For Life is just a four-flush, after all!





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