Ginzu Gymnastics Poem by Nicky McNeil

Your clever gamesmanship and subtle indifference
coyly shrouded in verbal gymnastics
cuts me deeper than the knife your tongue
wields like a ginzu wizard in an infomercial
Yet, I can't make the final move, not now
the finish would shatter the last dream
the last hope of winning what never was

So take your sweet time and just enjoy the game
Your strategy is coldly enticing, but predictable
I will play along, ever wittingly and always by your rules
till you decide playtime is all over now
look deep into my eyes, say 'you lose'
then close the board and take home all the pieces
of your game, my spirit, our love and just go


NM 2009