The Winner's Prayer

The Winner’s Prayer

Blessed are the cashiers

Who take chips and give forth cash

For they are the ones who give us our money.

Blessed are the cocktail waitresses

Who art scantily clad

And serve us so well

For they are the ones

Who bring us our liquor

Blessed are the dealers

Of blackjack, poker, and baccarat

For they are the ones who

Give us our winning hand

And Blessed is the eye in the sky

Who watches over us all

For is he who saw that I was not cheating

In the name of Benjamin, Grant, Hamilton, Lincoln, and Washington

Amen

3/1/2007

I actually wrote this before I started spending a lot of time in casinos. I have gone away from most table games. In fact, even then, I didnt play a whole lot of table games. I tended to play penny slot machines at the point in time that I wrote this piece, which was shortly after I turned 21. It came to me in a rush, and I have to say, I like it.