follow the queen, find the lady
the con man swaps hand over hand
atop a piece of cardboard & a milk crate
shows you where she might be
follow the lady, can you find her
all it takes is a dollar
& the belief that all three cards are only
bent from the abuse of the shuffle
& not the guile
of an expert hand
all this madness over
an indiscretion
of place of who you were in place of