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Solitaire

It seems

That whenever people are alone

They play cards

Strange, perhaps

But it makes sense

In some ways

Solitaire

Usually the game of choice

A predictable choice

A lonely game for lonely people

I suppose

You place out seven piles

Seven is a lonely number

There’s always one person left out

One deck has only one card

Lonely card

It’s a game that you can just as easily lose as win

You’re just left feeling worse when you lose

And then you feel that you have to try again

And again

And again

Until you’ve concurred a single game

But sometimes that game never comes

And you’re left feeling discontent

And even more alone