Homework
More than a rainy day
game in waterlogged
Seattle,
Monopoly taught us that some
properties were more
valuable than others;
that hotels cost more
than houses,
but created income;
that landlords were
cruel masters,
always to be paid;
that money could
be hoarded,
but easily spent;
that bankruptcy
was shameful,
and to be avoided;
that banking
meant extra
work;
that addition and subtraction
could be managed
in the head;
and most important of all,
that success in life might
depend on the roll of dice.
