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# Card Tricks
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/card-tricks/
- Published: 2021-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-07-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: There once was an ignorant joker He thought he was decent at poker Then a lady appeared And he was promptly reared He had to reach out to his broker
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Limerick, Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

There once was an ignorant joker  
He thought he was decent at poker  
Then a lady appeared  
And he was promptly reared  
He had to reach out to his broker

“Oh, why must you be such a clown?  
And you’ve just arrived in the town!”  
“Her deuces were wild  
And I was beguiled  
Besides, she was wearing her crown!”

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**Author notes:** https://allpoetry.com/contest/2783453-The-Jester---Double-Limerick jokers and queens and poker of course