When learning to play games as kids,The object was quite clear.Do the best that you can doAnd attend to what you hear.The object is, of course, to winWhile higher values drifted by-But we never were warnedNor did we suspectThat working to be the best was a lie.In a casino one night in the pastWatching '21' from the far side,I saw a man escorted out of the roomAfter winning a greenback landslide.I found out later that he'd been 'counting,'An illegal sin per the owner's whim-He'd simply learned how to win the gameAnd for that they were punishing him.So playing to win isn't always OK,It depends on whose making the rules.And though we were taught that smart figuring countsCasinos are clearly not schools.Not in the usual sense, at least,Where knowledge is used to achieve-At least when it comes to playing BlackjackIf you can win, you are invited to leave.It doesn't seem fair and it doesn't seem rightThat winning is a breach of the rules,The Casino owners and their silver-spoon progenyMust attend very different schools.More like the ones politicians populate,Where laws and rules protect themselvesFrom losing their power, wealth or esteemShould we happen to earn a few bucks by our workThat threatens their fat with some lean.A gambler I have never been, but I DO know how to count,And should I stumble up to that velvety green-I'd use it to balance those accounts.Casino owners and politicians.Two peas in a pod under different conditions.by marindavid
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