Like tonight, watching all those brave men meet their fate here, on this shore, on this gentle night, through a karma ordained a thousand lifetimes ago, or perhaps even one. Because of this rather singular feature, the 8-ball is the most notorious of all pool balls.
Many expressions refer to it.
It's a common decoration and patch. It's even used in a fortune teller as a gag. I like the 8-ball because it reminds me that taking life too seriously does no good, and that no matter how bad things get, or how bothersome the task, I know that somewhere, somebody, be it another person, God, ore perhaps even the little squirrel I saw this morning, is laughing. In the darkest hour, in the deepest depression, in the saddest times, I am there. I am there in the light moments as well.