May 7th

on the numbers

and the stars

and she is back

in dreamland

on the lotto

on the ‘scopes

pumped with

false hope

and fingers crossed

and money lost

in fantasy

your random numbers

will come up

that the passage of

some planets

cross the sky

will determine if you live

if you die

thought I’d left

this shit

behind

now I find

I’m back

on the numbers

and the stars

like a loser

like a winner

in my mind.

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