The Bar Bet
She made a bet with me at the bar on the Saturday night we met,
The specifics of the bet are between the two of us and the cigarette,
Machine in the corner that was not operational but present,
She wrote the terms on a cocktail napkin and said let’s make this pleasant.
I said you’ve done this before and she said I do what works,
And I said fair enough and I signed the napkin and the perks,
Of the specific arrangement she’d designed were evident immediately,
She said I usually win these bets, I said I’ll comply completely.
The bar bet, she wrote the terms on a cocktail napkin with a pen,
The bar bet, she’d come prepared, and then,
She handed it across and said read it and then sign if you agree,
The bar bet, I read it and I signed immediately,
Some things in life you just say yes to without the full deliberation,
The bar bet, that’s the education.
The bet itself was elegant and had two possible outcomes and I,
Was not opposed to either based on the terms, I won’t lie,
To you about the nature of the thing she was proposing,
The losing was as good as winning in the disclosing.
Of the terms on the cocktail napkin, she had designed something,
Where both outcomes of the bet were worth the numbering,
As preferred outcomes for both parties in the arrangement,
She said I’m good at this and I said I’m in agreement.
The bar bet, she wrote the terms on a cocktail napkin with a pen,
The bar bet, she’d come prepared, and then,
She handed it across and said read it and then sign if you agree,
The bar bet, I read it and I signed immediately,
Some things in life you just say yes to without the full deliberation,
The bar bet, that’s the education.
I lost the bet which required the payment of the agreed terms,
And she collected with the professional ease of someone who confirms,
The outcome was exactly as expected, she’d seen it coming,
I said did you know I’d lose and she said I was running.
The probability at about seventy-thirty in my favor,
I said that’s a comfortable margin and she said savor,
The specific experience of being the thirty percent,
The bar bet, that’s money well spent.
She made a bet with me at the bar on the Saturday night we met,
The specifics of the bet are between the two of us and the cigarette,
Machine in the corner that was not operational but present,
She wrote the terms on a cocktail napkin and said let’s make this pleasant.
I said you’ve done this before and she said I do what works,
And I said fair enough and I signed the napkin and the perks,
Of the specific arrangement she’d designed were evident immediately,
She said I usually win these bets, I said I’ll comply completely.
The bar bet, she wrote the terms on a cocktail napkin with a pen,
The bar bet, she’d come prepared, and then,
She handed it across and said read it and then sign if you agree,
The bar bet, I read it and I signed immediately,
Some things in life you just say yes to without the full deliberation,
The bar bet, that’s the education.
The bet itself was elegant and had two possible outcomes and I,
Was not opposed to either based on the terms, I won’t lie,
To you about the nature of the thing she was proposing,
The losing was as good as winning in the disclosing.
Of the terms on the cocktail napkin, she had designed something,
Where both outcomes of the bet were worth the numbering,
As preferred outcomes for both parties in the arrangement,
She said I’m good at this and I said I’m in agreement.
The bar bet, she wrote the terms on a cocktail napkin with a pen,
The bar bet, she’d come prepared, and then,
She handed it across and said read it and then sign if you agree,
The bar bet, I read it and I signed immediately,
Some things in life you just say yes to without the full deliberation,
The bar bet, that’s the education.
I lost the bet which required the payment of the agreed terms,
And she collected with the professional ease of someone who confirms,
The outcome was exactly as expected, she’d seen it coming,
I said did you know I’d lose and she said I was running.
The probability at about seventy-thirty in my favor,
I said that’s a comfortable margin and she said savor,
The specific experience of being the thirty percent,
The bar bet, that’s money well spent.