ok. i was just at the grocery store

they play oldies music
like seventies oldie
and
usually
rock
but today, in addition to that
they played the gambler
ya know, Kenny Rogers


now
I listened to this song
as a kid
and ya know, liked it, ok
but
the last few years
every time I hear it
and by few
I'm not sure
I might mean ten, ya know


when he sings the line


and somewhere in the darkness
the gambler he broke even


I tear up, a little


that's who I am
I guess