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A Conversation Between Jack♠️ and Jack❤️: Exploring Inequality Through Poker Cards

  • Writer: Nick Ho
    Nick Ho
  • Nov 30, 2024
  • 1 min read

Updated: Jan 27

Two poker cards, Jack of Hearts and Jack of Spades, lean on a ship's railing. Ocean and sky in background, calm mood.
"We’re all just pawns in someone else’s game."

(Scene: On the Deck of a Ship. The JACK OF ♠️ leans on the railing, while the JACK Of ❤️ stands nearby.)


Jack of ♠️: You know, Jack… I envy you. You live in a Kingdom where everyone’s equal—hearts everywhere, so full of love.


Jack of ❤️: It’s not like they say, Jack. It's a King-Dom—but hey, better not dig too deep.


Jack of ♠️: You should see my country. The rich control everything, and the rest of us? Stuck in an endless loop.


Jack of ❤️: Everywhere’s the same. We’re all just pawns in someone else’s game.


Jack of ♠️: Yeah, a game you can’t win, or quit. I just wonder… why were we born as poker cards in the first place, anyway?


Jack of ❤️: Why indeed.


(The ship sails on toward the horizon, the two standing in quiet contemplation.)


(Posted on Threads on 29.11.2024)


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