Speak true, they said
and sniggered when I took them at their word.
Play fair, they said,
Winking as they cheated me and others.
You will learn the rules as you go on;
If you win, you're one of us.
If you lose, we disown you.
If you find anything arbitrary,
Put it down to a rule you should have known.
Begin the year wisely.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
You will learn the rules as you go on! Nice work.
Thank you, poet-critic Edward Kofi Louis, I am grateful that you read my old poem on trying to cheer up by looking at the positive side. After several more decades, I am glad to be alive to see things anew and avoid the cynical downside view. Hope you find some of my later offerings to PH worthy of inclusion. Best. AM