Wearisome Game

Wearisome Game

There's a player playing
a self-destructive game
It takes rhyming and timing
he thinks; all the same
he's cringing in a line
wanting to be at the door
but he's second, he guesses
or third, or more.
He doesn't really know
where it goes
how many are ahead of him
who she'll take instead of him
how many words he is writing
exactly what failure he's inviting
how to deal with frustration, fatigue
how to capture a queen out of his league
how to dance with her nice and slow
or when to let an obsession go.