Entry to Poetry Dice Competition #29
I have added information regarding the nine images after the poem - thought this might help others as I had problems working out what the images were. In England an apartment is known as 'flat' and an apartment block is often referred to as a 'block of flats'.
Explorations in the Crypto Jungle
I’m cautious, as a rule,
Take my time to make decisions,
Don’t like loosing, playing the fool,
But with all the hype, crypto’s fissions,
So many in a gold rush,
Financial push and shove,
I decided to have a go,
A form of crypto love,
And there’s the rub…
I uploaded to EToro,
Watching green like no tomorrow,
And using my magnifying glass,
Looked at market cap and volumes,
To avoid falling on my arse!
Insight can take one really far,
Especially in crypto,
Spotting that shooting star,
And there's the rub…
I used $Bitcoin as my castle,
It had gravitas, history,
No longer a digital rascal,
Whilst investing in a $Ripple,
Putting some cash into $Dash,
Purring along with $Ether,
All portfolios need balance,
And then $Neo, that Chinese poison chalice,
And there’s the rub..
I was convinced I was on the right track,
Even when folk spoke of trouble,
I surely, would survive a crypto bubble,
Spread betting, ‘Lambo’ getting,
One day soon we would all be,
Shooting to the moon,
In no time at all,
We would surely have it all,
And there’s the rub..
So I persuaded my wife,
This was a dead cert,
Chance of a new life,
We remortgaged our house,
Then things started to dip,
Affecting our relationship,
Just a little bit..
Crypto started to smell of fish,
I’d put my foot right in it,
And theres no more rub..
Nor love,
As I sit here alone in my one bed flat,
Still trying to convince myself,
I can still win it back…
@AndrewCarnegie 8th March 2018
My interpretation of the nine images:
Foot - last line, 2nd to last verse
Fish - 2nd to last line, last verse
Shooting star - 2nd verse, last line
Castle - 1st line, 2nd verse
Magnifying glass - 3rd line, 2nd verse
railway track - 1st line, verse four
Scales or balance - line 7, verse three
Clock or time - line 7, verse 4
Skyscraper / block of flats - last verse, 2nd line
I found this copyrighted image on pin interest and include it here recognising the owners copyright
I thought it might help folk work out what the dice images were
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