Game Of Chess/Or willful in Deceit

This is just a story told by little old me

 

 

Game Of Chess/Or willful in Deceit

 

Yesterday I played a pro in a game of chess.

I felt so assure of each move I made.

I used a point system to build my defense.

My pawns protected my knights

In turn, they protected my bishops.

My bishops protected my rooks

Which in turned protected my queen

All in all she protected my King…so I win…

 

Yesterday a pro played me in the game of life.

We’ll call it a he

He swindled all my money by gambling in deceit

The interest went up and my salary remained the same

My house payment exceeded my income

Food became secondary

The banks foreclosed and it was a sad day

 

Hundreds of thousands followed until

The institutions began to fold

The surrounding business followed

Thousands lost their jobs

Then they too lost their homes

And food became a luxury

Depressed and dazed they cry out for help

No one’s listening, no one cared

 

Then out of nowhere, it reaches epic proportion

The government buckles to save the greedy ones

For if they didn't it would become a depression

In return, those without suffer the burden

Yesterday I played a pro in a game of logic

Yesterday a pro played me in a game of deceit.

Author's Note

But I'm sure you get the drift

Reviews

[emmajoy]

Fine piece of semi metaphorical writing about what's been going on in our world, what IS going on. We're all being conned by the people who wield the big sticks of position, power and money... but they're been caught and, who's going to suffer for it... the 'ordinary man' on the street.

OOOps politics rearing its ugly head

This is a fine, fine write, one I understand and, bitterly regret has to be written

'Yesterday I played a pro in a game of logic / Yesterday a pro played me in a game of deceit.'

Thank you very much for sharing such a powerful piece of writing.

[Angel Bird]

You hit the nail on the head here. You painted a perfect mirror of nowadays society and politics. And as Legion already said would it be a real game of chess there'd be perhaps at least a little chance, but then we'll never be able to afford such expensive lawyers and counselors as they can, plus in politics they never play fair...

A clever and thought provoking work!

[Legion]

That was no game of chess they were playing. If so, we could have easily taken out the king. That was a game of pin the tail on the donkey. But just who is the jack a*s is hard to determine. Good write none-the-less. Interesting perspective (and one many share at the moment).