by Mary E. Preece

Created on: August 07, 2008

Trading Places

Like checkers on a checker board moving to the wisdom of the player.
Left, right, up, down, forward, back, uh, uh, King Me!
So am I to this game of life.
Crowned for an instant, then dethroned by another move.
One player greater than the other in the eyes of the checker.
Trading places would be nice if only for a season.
A place of high importance to the player is what the checker needs.
A checker crowned for it's merit, for it's rightful place to be there.
Moving, moving, carefully avoiding being decrowned and dethroned.
One by one others leave the board, till only two remain.
Two with crowns, the wisdom of the player is on the line.
Only one can be the winner.
Wisdom pays off.
Did the checker have anything to do with it?

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