The Four Year Game
The game is called High School.
The prize--
my future.
Every move I make
everything I do
every grade I get
recorded on a score sheet.
The players are students
and teachers
and admistrators.
They can give me
a get-out-of-jail free card
or they can send me there.
This game can't be played
in a sitting.
And once you start
you can't stop
for four long years.
There are tricks
and there are traps
that can send you back
a million steps.
Those that prevail
are smart
and clever.
They know what to do
and what to say
and how to say it.
I don't know if I'm one of those players
till the end
of the four year game
They call High School.