No Fair Piquing…

 
I was playing

tic

-tac

—toe

he was playing

/ hopscotch
 
 
 
I was connecting

X’s,

he was throwing

stones,

I was looking for

loopholes,

he was skipping

squares,

sick of grid,

& shoot…

ladders, too,

we

switched to

hide & seek…

confusing rules

with

freeze

tag,

I waited for It

(and dreaded It)

and wanted to be It

(and wanted to run from It)

when all along

It

…

I-t

(tuh)

…

It

was

ally

ally

all come free.