I'd gamble this poem on you...

are you the New York
who keeps reading this?

are you the DC
who keeps up with this dumb blog?

this girl tells me it's better
not to know. 

but I am listening to The Weakerthans
and chomping at the bits.

because life is short
and mine may be shorter than anticipated.

the hard black stars determine fate,
but not fortune or love. 

that stuff is up to us,
so ante up.