The Stepfather (Assignment 8)

The stepafather is a heartless thing. He takes the cucumbers from Lakshmi without permission and tells Ama that she has to sell her dowry. The stepfather can't work, and he doesn't make an effort into earning money. Instead, he gambles away the little money they have.

Black Jack
I tell the dealer "HIT ME"
And i watch as he lays the three
With a jack and an eightalready on my plate
I jump and scream 21and the dealer gives me what i won
Ahead i know i should stop
Texas hold 'em here comes the flop
Two aces already showing
My anxiety is quickly growing
And at last i say "all in"
Hoping against hope that i might win
The opponent flips his cards
Pocket aces throw me off my guard
OH NO! I lost a months wages
I go home to face my wifes rages
http://allpoetry.com/poem/3021994

This poem reminds me of Lakshmi's stepfather because in his gambling it's rare that he wins something, but he always ends up loosing. For example, on one of the vignettes it states that her stepfather had won a motorcycle; unfortunately he ends up gambling it away.