Games People Play Poem by Suzanna Chevalier

Girl on a swing

see’s everything,

games that people

play when they

want their way.

Swinging by the

sandbox but knows

not to jump in—

Playing games

like adults is

not the same as

play for kids.

Kids play for fun,

adults play

with lies to hurt

someone.

Maybe only hurting

themselves for they

do not know what they do.

Knowing any better

they would like a fool.

Written by Suzanna Chevalier on April 15,2011