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Shake -n- Roll

shake and roll..        
i’ll fade your bet..      
lay it down  
and you may regret,          
 
7 or 11, you missed your step!,      
oh no it’s ah fo!..        
now it’s back door little joe   
or double deuce you gotta roll,       
 
shake and roll  
i’ve got your bet,        
lay it down  
and you can regret,      
 
tossed them out “boxcars met”    
double fours is twice your set,        
one and three will bring a share  
or double deuce He don’t care,      
 
tossed the them out  
in the dark of night,      
2 Bones spinning  
in the bright moonlight,    
 
one on its side  
the other lays flat,      
deuce in your eye,        
“point made” the crapshooter rap,        
 
“no motherfucker  
you crapped out”,        
an angry foe  
begins to shout,        
 
one cocked between  
the five and two,        
he snatch’s up the paper  
 “you take me for ah foo”,        
 
a flash of metal  
comes flying out,        
seen by a cats eye  
in the midnight moonlight,        
 
stabbed with a knife  
through coat, shirt and chest,    
a man lays dying  
clawing for a breath,  
   
shake and roll,  
i’ll fade your bet,        
lay it down  
i’ll show no regret..      
       
now one man lies  
an inch away,  
from a very premature  
judgment day,        
 
a 6 inch blade  
sticks out of his chest,    
next to his heart  
it stood at rest,     
his days now numbered  
fader shows no regret..          
       
of taking a million life  
on a 50 cent bet.
Written by OG-Poetry
Published | Edited 4th Jan 2021
Author's Note
... about a friend who was stabbed in the chest during an altercation stemming from a “cocked die” during a “Friday Night” (money night) Crap game in West Montgomery Park Indianapolis, Indiana at around 1130pm
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