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The wheel spins
A tapestry
Of colours

Fast it goes
Past the numbers
Past the colours

Eyes peer anxiously
At it;
Hearts in throats

It slows
Pulse beats
Hands quiver

It stops
Breath taken in;
The winner!

June 13, 1996

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