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# The Usual
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/the-usual/
- Published: 2022-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Right and Wrong made a bet Wrong said: they'll soon forget and go on as if nothing was done
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Right and Wrong made a bet  
Wrong said: they'll soon forget  
and go on as if nothing was done

Right denied: it can't be!  
it's the land of the free!  
and for emphasis, showed Wrong her gun

nothing ventured or gained  
Wrong would later explain  
Right, as always, would honor the bet

which is just for one round  
that's enough, and they've found  
that the rest of us will soon forget