Shuffle my cardboard selves
with the gay, worn, and dirty backs.
My emblems caper through your fingers.
Do not drop me; but cut me, deal me,
let the combinations form
whether my Here or Heaven be at stake.
Arrange me, masterhand; fan out my forces;
take pleasure in my patterns.
Play me well; I’d lose no trick for you.
Sweep me together surely at the end,
all suits complete, one deck,
winner take all! Take all!