Just a Question
They sit in a bingo hall,
about 200 of them
marking up their cards
as numbers are called,
ripping game tabs.
by the handfuls.
Some win a few bucks.
Most don’t.
How many of them
know that as they play their games
five people are lost under the sea
in a submersible trip
to the Titanic
gone wrong?
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You just made me go read the news! (I am on vacation and not paying attention!) Great poem.
The following version includes a corrected typo:
They sit in a bingo hall,
about 200 of them
marking up their cards
as numbers are called,
ripping game tabs
by the handfuls.
Some win a few bucks.
Most don’t.
How many of them
know that as they play their games
five people are lost under the sea
in a submersible trip
to the Titanic
gone wrong?
It’s strange how little I keep up with current events, I’m afraid I’d be one of the ones ripping tabs but not keeping tabs. Nice one, Lee.