04-03-2014, 09:10 AM
Monopoly Man
My father never went to school, he played
his life just like a game. He always won
Monopoly by charming everyone
into accepting offers that were made
below the market value - then he paid
us off with kisses when the game was done.
Daddy would put the board up after fun -
never displayed, or bragged about his run
of fine hotels, or boardwalk barricade.
The first words that he taught us were "I can":
he knew the power of possibility;
an uneducated, modest businessman,
and yet we started sharp at six and three -
our father showed us how to understand
this life by teaching us Monopoly.
My father never went to school, he played
his life just like a game. He always won
Monopoly by charming everyone
into accepting offers that were made
below the market value - then he paid
us off with kisses when the game was done.
Daddy would put the board up after fun -
never displayed, or bragged about his run
of fine hotels, or boardwalk barricade.
The first words that he taught us were "I can":
he knew the power of possibility;
an uneducated, modest businessman,
and yet we started sharp at six and three -
our father showed us how to understand
this life by teaching us Monopoly.