Closin' Time

And we all make it so cool, when we take our turns. Me though, I just fake it, pull a dazed grin and fake at being cool. I wear every bad beat like a badge, and I got a story to match. Maybe these guys fake too, must be they play it better than me, I can’t see a crack, no tells showin'. Maybe it hasn’t gotten them yet, but then, we ain’t young anymore, maybe just not old enough yet to break. Me at least, I got an old soul, with the cracks and leaks and chipping paint to prove it, ‘least I can read me like a book, but that's easy. Not these guys though, old hands at poker, every last one. Except for this guy, I see now, he’s crackin’ too. Calls her crazy in off-hand ways, the other guys laugh- yea they play it cool- they’re all crazy. Me I just smile, I don’t fake so good anymore. Me, I’m feelin’ that bad beat too.

Looks like he’s getting hot, it’s gettin’ late. We all just laugh, fellas say she's getting mad, no, she’s just gettin’ a cab, gonna get outta here, looks like she got the drop tonight. Now the bartenders, they make fun too, say they're not crazy, same time sayin' she is, without saying so of course. Seems they want to play too, guess they’re all crazy. These guys'll deal 'em in, we play it real cool, of course the ante looks cheap when you’re not paying. Me, I just buy another drink, I got time, smilin’. Least that ain’t my hand tonight, guess I just recognized that draw. I got those same scars. We just fake it cool, yea, and let the night sink. Better get some more laughs, maybe another drink, somebody else can play those cards tonight.

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