Sixty-Three-Card Pick-Up
In the standard Bicycle deck
Three in thirteen may produce a face
One in thirteen may produce an ace
Not so in this joker’s deck
The odds are stacked
There’s no safe bet
There may be no ace
But you may find a spade
Used to bury the secrets
Of the serial killer’s trade
Although the dealer’s not playing
With a full deck
He’s dealt sixty-three,
Doubtless more to come yet
He’s discarded sixty-three
Hopefully no more
We want to believe
But we don’t know for sure
And are afraid to see
Just how many more
He has up his sleeve
All are the face cards
Of the Homicide King
All dealt face down on the floor
Victims of the silencing
To beat his next discard
To end insanity’s reign
May our next draw be the saving grace
May our next draw be the joker’s ace
