the board game

just about any board
game
ended in a fight with
your siblings.
hurry up
and roll the dice, get
off the phone,
it's your turn
was often said.
one brother played
to win, and not just
win but get everyone
to submit
to his strategy
and devious play.
the sister, at some point
always said,
I don't care about this
stupid
game, I quit.
throwing her pieces
and fake
dollars into the air.
but you played on,
through the rainy
summer nights,
your mother poking her
head into the room
to tell all of you to
quit arguing
and yelling. it's just
a game,
she'd say,
but hardly.