Pat Sajak spins the Dreamcatcher –
God egging him on, what the hell,
who can never get enough of playing dice
with the universe,
the Wheel of Fortune stutters
Broken Faith
Delicious Kisses
Imagined Truths
Death & Taxes
Because it isn’t a dream at all,
life is scrambled like a channel clicking
through the Shopping Network
and CSI Miami
except it’s a losing game of hangman –
Let’s Make a Deal –
the Devil holds sway
Because that was always
how it was going to end –
Vanna’s not going to save us,
descend like an Archangel
in a technicolor dream coat,
hair like wings of fire –
The letters turn one by one
and spell our fate.
For Shay’s Word Garden
I can truthfully say that I have never once watched Wheel of Fortune. I *have* watched a boatload of CSI Miami, though–I love the team, especially Horatio. Anyway, cheer up, there is always baseball. Not the first time God has shown a penchant for gambling–just ask Job. The (Big) Guy is probably wagering his last dime on some stupid parlay on FanDuel, No wonder those players point at the sky every time they hit a bloop single. The Universe is riding on whether Jose Altuve steals a base tonight or not.
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Hahaha, indeed. I’m not sure I ever managed more than a few minutes of it either.
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Interesting trivia: Sajak served in the U.S. Army as a disc jockey during the Vietnam War for American Forces Vietnam Network. He hosted the same Dawn Buster radio show that Adrian Cronauer had, and for 14 months, followed Cronauer’s tradition of signing on with “Good Morning Vietnam!”
Who knows where that knowledge might have led you?
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Damn. That would have changed everything. Some kind of Game Show Apocalypse Now.
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The horror!
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Lolol!!
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He was a junior high teacher and weather man in Nashville for a while. From weather to Wheel is pretty direct.
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Oooh that would have been good to work in!
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Vanna incapable of saving us ~~~ But Ryan Seacrest will! Enjoyed your word list poem, Qbit.
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Ahahaha!!! Yes!!
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