Wondering as I wander...

Monopoly 

Palo Alto, California

From the hilltop you can see

the city, like Monopoly,

laid out on a paper board.

Little pieces far below,

plastic houses row on row,

holding little plastic folk

asking how the game is scored.

Little unseen plastic folk

driving through the city smoke,

Port au Prince, Haiti

following the boulevards,'taking chances, asking cards,

driving all across the board

asking how the game is scored.

Little busy businesses

laid out on the streets below,

waiting for the plastic folk

driving cars with the little wheels,

moving forward, making deals:

Boardwalk,

Park Place,

passing Go,

Reading Railroad,

B&O,

moving all across the board

asking how the game is scored.

 “Monopoly,” by Alice Schertle