There are 36 cards in a pack without the trumps and jokers!: A poem 

You know I never tried my hand at calligraphy 

And I don’t think I have an expansive lexicon 

But isn’t it absurd we have only 26 letters in the English alphabet? 

So how does writing style become so imaginative with so 

little to depend on?! I believe you can make quite a construct 

with nothing. The entire subject of numerology is wrought 

from just nine numbers, apart from Master numbers and Karmic numbers! 

What about the humongousness of yin and yang, binary codes 

and, of course, X and Y chromosomes. I lived my life 

like a gestation without expectation; and it all was on material nothingness! 

Even though nothing amounts to everything in entirety or dadaistic nihilism, 

you can tell that even a little adds up to a lot to show! 

What about the spirit of life in the slums of Mumbai? 

Or the orphan beggar finding his little vast possibilities in the streets? 

A hero needs nothing to depend on but intrepidity 

It is the villains who have all the wherewithal, the resources 

Is the majestic Olympus Mons within human reach? 

Or can we recollect that we lost it a long time ago! 

Mars still is a smaller place than Earth! 

And why on Earth did they forbade Pluto?! 

They are saying Uranus is the strangest planet in our planetary system! 

How come Mercury doesn’t fall into the Sun, when it is so precariously near? 

How large does our Solar System seem in the general magnitude of the Universe? 

I am just thinking I lived nearly all my life in my pokey apartment 

And then, should I dare to think about the largest scales?! 

As children, we played a card game only with Trump cards called Sly Donkey! 

Is there a card game that is played without Trumps and Jokers? 

Just for your information, there are 36 cards in a pack without the Trumps and Jokers! 

I’d like to tell you I am the most magnificent, benevolent laughingstock of a Joker! 

But who the heck is my trump (on which side is he?)? I didn’t even begin to shuffle my pack of cards for all I care!!! 

Published by montecyril

Hi, I am Monte Cyril Rodrigues and live in Melbourne, Australia. I am a retired journalist. I have been diagnosed with schizophrenia. I've had voices and visions all my life. I think it is a spiritual experience, my doctors think otherwise. I am a deeply spiritual person and keep having experiences with otherworldly realms.

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