Some games are more for playing than for winning
the rules are there to gently guide the fun
to leave the players satisfied and grinning
enjoyment trumping prizing who has won
this take of mine – more sinned against than sinning –
once had monopoly (forgive the pun)
the golden rule, writ large from the beginning
an infant maxim, taught to everyone:
It’s not the winning,
but the taking part!
consoling oft, to mitigate the tears,
as toddlers meet and greet their maiden loss;
and worth repeating to those grumpy farts
whose jealous, urn-ward glances last for years –
it’s much more fun when one don’t give a toss.
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