Suppose you screeve? or go cheap-jack?
Or fake the broads? or fig a nag?
Or thimble-rig? or knap a yack?
Or pitch a snide? or smash a rag?
Suppose you duff? or nose and lag?
Or get the straight, and land your pot?
How do you melt the multy swag?
Booze and the blowens cop the lot.
(From Francois Villon's “Straight Tip to All Cross Coves” as translated by William Ernest Henley)
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
"Trust everyone, but always cut the cards." - Benny Binion
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