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Moolah

Crisp as the night air
They fall one by one
In front of mossy eyes
And jaded ears

The big bucks talk
With voices of greed
The green eyed monster
Comes alive indeed

A roll of the dice
Across verdant felt
Quick flick of the wrist
An unfortunate slip of the lips

She pulls a pistol
From behind her back
Black Jack's slow to draw
Willy Nilly looks to be ill

Frozen steel poking his temple
Willy gives his money over
Jack scoffs, thinking she has no guts
Until he was choking on the barrel

It's been a pleasure
She purred, as she collected her loot
See that man you killed before was my lover
And this money was his to boot

Such ashame I found you
Before it could be spent
Lessons learned, you pricks
The green always wins

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Comments

Thank you for your input! The color challenge Cat gave us certainly has been a fun one!

~RoseBlack~

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Since we are gambling. I wanna feel the dice hit that felt. And I bet it’s a shade of…

Tim

The color is green. I will go back and work on this some more today or tonight. I was really tired last night.

~RoseBlack~

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your last line is a great tease... more please!?!

*hugs, Cat

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More to come...

~RoseBlack~

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I have edited and added to the poem. Please let me know how you like it.

~RoseBlack~

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tickled my fancy, and brought the color green to life in a way that I hadn't imagined! This is thinking out of the box, and a pleasure to read with the comedic tint. I am green with jealousy!
~ Geez.
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There is value to commenting and critique, tell us how you feel about our work.
This must be the place, 'cause there ain't no place like this place anywhere near this place.

It was much shorter but since it received such a warm response, I took the audience's suggestion and added. It was a fun write. Lately I am just putting words down and see what happens!

~RoseBlack~

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I am so pleased that you could respond to the audience and wrote the extra! Excellent! ~ Geez.
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There is value to commenting and critique, tell us how you feel about our work.
This must be the place, 'cause there ain't no place like this place anywhere near this place.

We have a great audience who offers constructive yet gentle feedback and makes it enjoyable to write for.

~RoseBlack~

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Great job. Laden in that imagery I wanted.

I value your critique and am glad you enjoyed the revisions.

~RoseBlack~

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your character(or the created character) comes charging to life with reflexes twitching. I love her. I think you should give her a name and a profile (maybe an alter ego?) your foray into Green is top notch!
favorite lines are:
Frozen steel poking his temple
Willy gives his money over
Jack scoffs, thinking she has no guts
Until he was choking on the barrel

It's been a pleasure
She purred, as she collected her loot
See that man you killed before was my lover
And this money was his to boot

great work!
*hugs, Cat

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And responds, please be courteous
And reply in kind, thanks.

She was a bit of a surprise character. I started off with a different intention and then she emerged. We may see more of her going forward.

~RoseBlack~

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cool!

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Being a Twilight Zone fan I especially liked the twist ending.

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