Roll the Dice by Charles Bukowski (poetry reading)

Buk is talking about &quot;delayed gratification&quot; the motivation most parents try to instil into their children. Do your homework now because it will bring greater rewards later in life. Why Buk calls this &quot;Roll the Dice&quot; seems an inconsistency. Maybe its because there's no real certainty that work will bring rewards. <br><br>The most pithy remark on gambling I have heard comes from Pushkin's The Queen of Spades. They try to inve