The Game of Life
Like the poor little rich boy
who plays tennis at the club,
and like the rich little poor kids
who play stickball in the streets,
and like the awkward and outcast bookworm
whose only sports are reading, writing, and arithmeticing,
we humans play the game
handed down to us by our
parents, teachers, coaches, and preachers,
and we question not the rules of the game,
nor do we often play more than one of the same.