All Fun and Games on Christmas Day

"All Fun and Games
on Christmas Day"

by Suzán Jiván
Mom & Mom-
Mom Suzán

All fun and games
on Christmas Day
wrapped around
a bit of history
still remarkable today

like cabaret tables
as unpolished
yet spirited
interpretations
of the day-to-day

perfectly named
high-pointed letters
as slang on a "hard-
scrabbled" board game

advancing past
the early days
of "Chutes
and Ladders"
and "Candy Land"

onto the "Boardwalk"
and "Park Place"
after getting
out of jail free

while driving spiritedly
through the game of, "Life"
as a getaway from a "Twister" game

in full avoidance
of a "Trivial Pursuit"
proceeding without a "Clue"
neither dagger nor noose

yet scoring
a cumulatively
dicey "Yahtzee"
calling out "Uno"
as opposed
to laying down
a full house...