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[Tbabbit]

A Way to Play

There’s got to be a better way
A better way to play
There’s got to be a better way
A way to play today

Like poker in an old saloon
The cards in every hand
A call, a bluff, that cheating stuff
A six gun takes a stand

Like chess among the willows
Knights at queen’s command
Pawns do all the dirty work
So proudly she may stand

Like checkers on a porch swing
I’ll jump you if I dare
Then king me and I’ll double back
And catch you unaware

Like marbles in a circle white
Too many just can’t stay
Shoot them and then kick them out
Then take them all away

Throw the dice, the same way twice
Or make the seven shine
Just play nice and pay the price
It does no good to whine

The games we play have much to say
About that which we hold dear
They speak to things we treasure
And play upon our fears

The art of war, that one big score
The chance to beat the best
The ego calling all the shots
While compassion takes a rest

This I say, for this I pray
Let the cards fall where they may
Surely, there’s enough in you
To play another day

[John Oberon]

Stanzas 1, 2, and 4 have a good strong iambic rhythm; good strong rhyme - a, b, c, b; good strong meter - 4, 3, 4, 3. The rest of the stanzas have good rhyme, but the rhythm and meter are nonexistent. Any particular reason for that?

Why did you write this poem?