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The Game of Life

May 23, 2019
By DonnyS BRONZE, Cerritos, California
DonnyS BRONZE, Cerritos, California
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We start out in a white room,

screaming, crying, trying to to understand.

We got our names on an ankle band.

Well, i guess it’s time to start something new.

Who knows? We could have been different

My bad, we were just ignorant.


Now they say your folks are telling you. Be a super star

But I tell you just be satisfied. Stay right where you are


A man in a monocle, and a top hat,

wearing a black suit, has control.

Our decisions, our lives, our destiny

Is it initially ours to hold?

We see people trying to be bold,

see “Trying” is the key word.

Trying to make a mark in history

Trying to make their own reality


Now they say your folks are telling you. Be a super star

But I tell you just be satisfied. Stay right where you are


The folks who made it to fame

Aren’t the ones to blame, you

Sitting there on your phone are just the same.

You could have been something great,

but instead you’re going off to some far off land

To learn something you won’t understand.


Now they say your folks are telling you. Be a super star

But I tell you just be satisfied. Stay right where you are


Refrain: keep yourself alive- queen


The author's comments:

This piece was kind of difficult to write, because I had to play with certain imagery that I wasn't familiar with. The Game of Life is really about life, and the cycle of our mundane lives. Starting from the white ER up to the present.


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