Adam's Garden

the honest poker player has to reconcile himself with the demands that face his own downfall.  he is the tired man and unknowingly has the pittance of understanding who he is and will be.  the man in his own right has no feeling for or awareness of himself.  he is merely a receptacle, a tired man without promise or direction, who can only persuade himself that his grand name and grand stride are indeed the result of the tireless efforts of his comrades, those spoiled youths who console his fears with their fearful adulation.