Sincity Gyan Series - 3
Gamble the night onto a deck of glory,
Set the wheels of fortune to turn,
Tinker at slot machines for Sevens,
To squander a few, to many earn!
Fine the food, the beauty divine,
Feast to the eyes, for senses pleasure,
Welcome to the SinCity, you fool,
Come dip in wine and seek your treasure!
I still have not entirely figured out what it is that enthralls and drives those who spend hour after smoky hour in darkened and gloomy, gaudy and bustling casinos, oblivious of the time of day and hour of night. Perhaps the main reason is the mirage created by serendipity. Perhaps that is the chief reason I cannot identify with that excitement. I mean, you will not be particularly enthusiastic if you NEVER win. For instance, I cannot bring an occasion to memory where I earned even a safety pin, leave aside gold nuggets and hard cash. So understandably, I am just as terribly ruffled by the prospect of gambling as I am by that of making a neat bundle of my hard earned money, wrapping it up beautifully and throwing it down the drain. This is my gift, this is my curse, just to quote Spidey. And while on the topic of my luck at winning such games, let me mention the one time I earned an audio cassette in a game of 'throw the seven' at a fun fair. I am still moved to the core by that one incident when I had the unbelievable pleasure of not losing at those dumb games. That I had to forfeit the cassette to the friend from whom I had borrowed the entry fee and ended up feeling obliged to, barely dampens that refreshing memory! But it stands out as a conspicuous single hppening like witnessing a rare comet that streaks past an otherwise ordinary and colourless expanse of patchy sky! That said, if you can, enjoy the thrill that the whole experience offers. Read the lines above and do all that with full knowledge of what you are up for. :)
(And if u ever see a cynical, disdainful and observant woman in the casino, say hi to me :) )
Set the wheels of fortune to turn,
Tinker at slot machines for Sevens,
To squander a few, to many earn!
Fine the food, the beauty divine,
Feast to the eyes, for senses pleasure,
Welcome to the SinCity, you fool,
Come dip in wine and seek your treasure!
I still have not entirely figured out what it is that enthralls and drives those who spend hour after smoky hour in darkened and gloomy, gaudy and bustling casinos, oblivious of the time of day and hour of night. Perhaps the main reason is the mirage created by serendipity. Perhaps that is the chief reason I cannot identify with that excitement. I mean, you will not be particularly enthusiastic if you NEVER win. For instance, I cannot bring an occasion to memory where I earned even a safety pin, leave aside gold nuggets and hard cash. So understandably, I am just as terribly ruffled by the prospect of gambling as I am by that of making a neat bundle of my hard earned money, wrapping it up beautifully and throwing it down the drain. This is my gift, this is my curse, just to quote Spidey. And while on the topic of my luck at winning such games, let me mention the one time I earned an audio cassette in a game of 'throw the seven' at a fun fair. I am still moved to the core by that one incident when I had the unbelievable pleasure of not losing at those dumb games. That I had to forfeit the cassette to the friend from whom I had borrowed the entry fee and ended up feeling obliged to, barely dampens that refreshing memory! But it stands out as a conspicuous single hppening like witnessing a rare comet that streaks past an otherwise ordinary and colourless expanse of patchy sky! That said, if you can, enjoy the thrill that the whole experience offers. Read the lines above and do all that with full knowledge of what you are up for. :)
(And if u ever see a cynical, disdainful and observant woman in the casino, say hi to me :) )
posted by LightRain at 5:25 PM
1 Comments:
Your earning of cassete reminds me of funfair event where we were supposed to pick up a Pepsi bottle from melange of others kept deep inside the coloured water and I found it consistently, thanks to small bulge at the bottom of the distinguishing bottle.
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