A Deck of Cards

A Deck of Cards

There's Chess and Checkers, Parcheesi and Bingo, Monopoly and games galore
But imbedded, ingrained in a deck of cards is immersed the Wisdom of yore
The Heart is the Animal Kingdom, the Club the kingdom of Plants
the Diamond reigns over the Minerals and the Spade, the Metal's lance

They are elements of Fire and Air and those of Water and Earth
from the Valley of Kings on the banks of the Nile at the time of Egypt's birth
The King and Queen and Jack together are the Trinity we hold so dear
Twelve of these in a deck of cards are the months contained in a year

In Winter and Fall dress warm, in Summer and Spring dress loose
But it's not coincidence that these 4 Seasons are also the deck's 4 suits.
With the Jack as eleven, the Queen as twelve, the King as thirteen once more
when added to the cards from one to ten equals three hundred and sixty-four
And the Joker is 1 making 365 and this we'll handle with care
In a mere deck of cards, it's the number of days on Earth we find in a year.

But honored and counted in a single deck are 13 cards in each suit
for the number of times 'round the planet, the Moon makes its yearly pursuit
A deck's 52 cards, a year's 52 weeks share a number that each one agrees
is equal to the incline of the Great Pyramid which slopes at 52 degrees
And the Pyramid's height times a billion will stack up like cards each one
for 93 million miles thru Space or the distance of Earth to the Sun.

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