She’ll equally cheat in
my irregular dreams &
fucks things up in that
thick-head way –
to rip
up & renovate recall –
I
turn my mindful cards
[choosin’ to chase less
of her marked queens]
& see my woken future
in a house as home –
A
carnival shark slaps all
her tricks to win a quid
off a dull-eye punter –
I
slip from her sleight-of-
hand routines
[I wake]