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February 14, 2017 · 7:52 pm

KOA Circa 1801

Sparks rise into the cold black air.

We the living huddle by the source.

We’ve a pail of frigid water to wash our hair

And the lot of us smell more or less like horse.

The moon is but a crack in gloomy midnight.

Our dinner was a lukewarm can of beans.

We’re thirsty after hours in harsh sunlight

But there’s no clean water to fill up our canteens.

Somewhere in the blackness comes a growling

And we dare not leave our camp to take a piss.

All the while Daddy is a smiling

While the rest of the family thinks “we paid for this?”

I remember my first experience
With the wild game
With my family in the wilderness.
It started out the same

As always, with me picking
To buy my real estate
As a very wealthy shoe,
Who I promptly nicknamed “Nate.”

For pocket change we purchased
Some purples and light blues.
Then I rolled three doubles
And had to pay my dues.

I spent three turns in jail,
Until the mountain lion came.
Turns out the wild’s not the place
To play a monopoly game.