Toys and Games

After a night of fiddling

with a brain

we wake up

Good morning

it's time to play

another day of games

Some of the games

are cruel

We might be someone's toy

It's hard telling

War

that ends with no winner

with broken bodies and minds

everywhere

This is an especially important

game for the United States

that has hundreds

of military installations worldwide

where men and women

wait for someone with a brown body

or a sane thought

to step out of line

inside the borders of a nation

where the United States wants

to distribute bibles

and pamphlets on the correct

form of government

that would be acceptable

to the President and Congress

Naturally some of the citizens

of the United States

don't like paying for these activities

or oppose them outright

Sovereignty is a word

being removed from American books

Salesman

that's a game

where everybody

sticks their snouts

in the trough

It's war for the greedy

The best players

will steal

and nobody will notice

ever

Don't expect this game

to involve just products

It may be ideas

concepts and philosophies

Some are just nasty

Groceries

some people starve

while the vultures

get fat

The vultures are

not always birds

in this game

Some groceries

have been intentionally

or unintentionally

poisoned

The United States Congress

is hoping to starve

many of its own citizens

in favor of feeding countries

and the nation's wealthiest citizens

the Congress favors

because of under the table payments

to many Members of Congress

After all

who needs old and poor people

Just remember if you fall

into one of these categories

that you are a toy

Be prepared to be thoroughly shaken

and abused by the children and animals

within your circle

You are a Velveteen Rabbit

made of sackcloth and filled with ashes

Loneliness

this game is primarily

for old people

who have been forgotten

at the edge of families

there are some variations

however it always

ends the same

full of pain

alone in a bed

more often than not

surrounded by nobody

and the fun thing about this game

is that it doesn't matter

if there are none or thousands

surrounding the bed

the game ends

with no winners

Even the ones who

get everything from the will

They might even be the ones

who are worse off

than the principle player

Love is a terrible game

full of deceit

and you thought death

was painful

Falling in love with someone

seems pleasant on the surface

except it is falling

Falling always feels wonderful

until one hits that towards which

one is falling

It is often something hard

and capable of inflicting

bodily and mental harm

Lust

It's rarely out in the open

because lust is generally

in game we play with ourselves

never letting the object

of our lust know

that we lust for them

An open game of lust

usually leads to charges

or firing from a job

where the rules

have been broken

Lust between

those who consent

can lead to disrespect

We'll get back to you

on this one

Loincloth

This is a game for people

who desire closets full of clothes

That's right

It's named

for the simplest article

of clothing invented

by men and women

who never would own one

and who could open

a clothing store from what's

in their closets

sometimes the tags are still

on the clothes

from purchases made years back

The opposite of these players

are the naked sadhus

who attend Kumbh Mela

every twelve years

near the Ganges River

in India

Many don't seem to own

any clothing including loincloths

except a coating of ash

Twenty thousand marching

naked sadhus

The thought of this

has the employees and management

of Bergdorf Goodman puking

on the next rag you buy from them

If you own an actual loincloth

you have won the side game

This poet has a number of them

and plays this side game very well

It is too much information

but he is wearing a loincloth

while typing these words

Save yourself

Just visualize his mother

His mother won

the international championship

and never owned an actual loincloth

The poet is far humbler than his mother

This statement will receive chortles

from some of his friends

Acquisition

is a game played by many people

in the world

One must own everything

they can get their hands upon

The crying of a newborn

signals the parents

that the child is ready to play

this standard game

You'll find complete rules

on page one of your game guide

available by sending this poet

ten dollars via his PayPal account

Send twenty dollars

and he might even send it to you

but as with all games there are

no guarantees you'll actually

receive the promised finish

of the games themselves

If you never receive a copy

of the rules of these games

don't fret

This poet is merely playing

what he learned when exploring the rules

of the game Salesman

You must work for some very shady bosses

and co-workers

in order to fully realize the complete rules

of this game

These are just some of the games

being played in your neighborhood

There are others

You will have to discover them

for yourselves

since you haven't sent your twenty dollars

as yet

Barry G. Wick