Play with me
Make a move
My turn
Your turn
Remembering the rules
Drawing and discarding
The hand that we are dealt
Guarded and careful
Count your steps
Place that piece
I stop
You roll
Frustrating waiting
Shifting spaces
On the mass produced gameboard
Peeling and faded
Played by fate
Don’t you cheat
I quit
You sigh
Slipping away
Splintering veneer
Inside our shelf stable packages
Trapped and contained
Be a good sport
Play it again
Who lost
Who won
Spinning around
Throwing dice
But what if I don’t want to play games
anymore
Cindy Koch 