Monopoly
By Michele Habel-Coffey
Monopoly! Monopoly,
A Game upon the board
Ill-educated fools don’t see
The rising of the Hoar
Babylon! Babble on…
Power in the cards
Nothing left of property
Hotels on every yard
Simple souls sit silently
In little, colored squares
Waiting for their turn to come
Waiting for their share
Shaking hands roll the dice
Move now forward onto Chance
Take a card, pick a card
You toys of circumstance!
Banker holds the money
Prison holds the piece
Do not pass go! Do not collect!
Pay for sweet release
Time to pay the mortgage
Time to pay the rent
Selling off what’s left a amidst
The money that’s been spent
‘Til all remains of what began
Is a single, mateless shoe
Stumbling on Park Avenue
With insufficient revenue – to win
Two snake eyes pushing, one last move
Past the Boardwalk’s end
A sinking, soleless, silver shoe
Do you want to play again?