Games are mathematics diluted in imagination.
\nBackgammon a stepladder of pure numbers.
\nCheckerboard a diamond of bad hops.
\nAll war games are spawn of great lord chess.
\nMonopoly is the capitalist Candy Land.
\nDominoes are playing cards’ plump children.
\nProbability’s bones made of dice and spinners.
\nGenetic odds and evens in a helix of competition.
\nAn equation whose solution is dusted with distraction.
\nAnd the constant variable of passing time.
\nIt’s enough to make one lose his marbles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"