A game of monopoly with my family

• Alec Miodownik, Grade 7
• Poetry
• 2003

A Game of Monopoly with my family


A game of monopoly with my family is quite a scene.
Coughing, talking, eating, and laughing.
My mother talking on the phone of course,
While my brother moves 5 spaces with a metal horse,
My father counting fake cash all day
And saying:
“Why can’t my boss give me this kind of pay?!.”
My sister can’t roll
She’s doing her nails
The baby crying,
And then there’s me,
I’m quiet, patient, sitting, hungry
Then,
AHHHH!
I’VE HAD ENOUGH,
I QUIT!!