All games have morals; and the game of Snakes and Ladders captures, as no other activity can hope to do, the eternal truth that for every ladder you hope to climb, a snake is waiting just around the corner, and for every snake a ladder will compensate.
- Salman Rushdie
Life on a board
years neatly sorted
in square colorful blocks
Destiny is a dice
rolls at random
the minimum sometimes
saves a life
the maximum
death in disguise
two players start
a cordial game
win or loss
just the same
holding hands
at every fall
sarcasm, cheating
they laugh it off
gradually life happens
every defeat bitter
bruises on the ego
now linger
love an endless wait
at a lonely corner
fangs & footholds
Snakes & Ladders
- Salman Rushdie
Life on a board
years neatly sorted
in square colorful blocks
Destiny is a dice
rolls at random
the minimum sometimes
saves a life
the maximum
death in disguise
two players start
a cordial game
win or loss
just the same
holding hands
at every fall
sarcasm, cheating
they laugh it off
gradually life happens
every defeat bitter
bruises on the ego
now linger
love an endless wait
at a lonely corner
fangs & footholds
Snakes & Ladders
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