The Gambler By Gerald A. Kasten

 

in Hampton Bays

 

Now in my old age, I decided to sell my loyal  cavalier  for

 

the price I thought I would be satisfied with. So I took it to a

 

famous  art auction gallery in New York City. There I  discovered

 

the devastating fact that my financial backer, my protector,  my

 

strong  stalwart  cavalier, was a forgery!

 

And all my  hopes  and dreams were built on a bed of sand.

 

Now, that was a `what if…’ I never expected. But my sweet

 

adoring wife reminded me that: `what if… we didn’t have the

 

painting, we would never have taken all those financial risks and

 

we would have wound up with nothing…now go to sleep.’

I did, and felt better in the morning, and from then on.

 

However, every  once in awhile, I silently muse … what if it

 

were real?   W-O-W!”’

 

 

 

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