Roulette

My thoughts roll around on a wheel

and they always seem to be black.

My chipless hands are left to deal

with all of the red which I lack.

I wish that my dark wouldn't win

but I am always out of luck

and by the end the state I'm in

I just couldn't give a fuck.

So I throw down all of my chips

and gamble it on being red

but on and on the wheel skips

and there is only black ahead.

I wonder if it's luck or fate

that I always place the wrong bet

but perhaps there's luck with number 8

and I won't have to live with regret.