b18 (4.20-1.2003): that's life

that’s life [1]
 
we sat around the table
we played the game called “life”
at times a bit unstable
with times of stress and strife
 
we drove the cars and bought the houses, raised the families
we played the game called “life” with times of joy and dis-of-ease
 
            in “life” you could go backwards, with one bad roll of dice
            in “life” you could get angry or go bankrupt or have vice
            in “life” you might just marry and you just might get divorced

in “life” you could resent or brood or laugh or cry (of course)

 
but once the game was over
we didn’t hold a grudge
the cards that we had drawn in “life,” well…didn’t mean that much
 
and once the game was over
we knew it was a game
a make-believe illusion: (in the end, it’s all the Same)

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[1] martino, j. (4.20-1.2003). that’s life. book 18: ex-thinked. © 2003 by joal martino. 

 

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