Nostalgic Whist<\/p>\n
Exhilaration flares in his own anticipation,
\nUnaware that I have completed a thorough investigation,
\nLocated the weakness, identified my trump card,
\nAnd am eager to play.<\/p>\n
Enthusiasm for the game\u2019s degradation,
\nUnwittingly suspecting my abject failure, poor stakes indeed,
\nNostalgia, his only childhood friend and confident,
\nSucculent in his ignorance.<\/p>\n
My hand is played, the aces polished and laid,
\nOnly friend, aside from our strange dalliance, only friend.
\nLost in time to sentimental memories, but still treasured,
\nChris\u2019s chips are down.<\/p>\n
Driver by trade, effortless to entrap in the merciless snare,
\nSummoned by a phone call, self-employed, others unaware.
\nInnocent by no means, a secret penchant for the bottle,
\nAccidents in the rear-view mirror.<\/p>\n
I hand my beloved enemy the number,
\n\u2018The punishment must fit the crime,\u2019 I remind,
\n\u2018In the wine cellar below you will find a wine press,
\nThis must be the tool of his demise.\u2019
\nI quell my urge to laugh, sweet is my revenge!
\nSurely Dyer-Bolique has not been so thorough,
\nSurely my aces have trumped his hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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