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Mat Riches

 

 

The Long Game  

For The Bunny, The Boy Geller, and Rug 

 

Ready or not, here I come. 

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I’ll wear everyday camouflage, 

blending in with the end of your nose, 

the tip of your tongue, 

the next thing on your list of chores

 

and I’ll appear 

while you’re looking the other way,  

caught in a cycle of washing up,  

rushing around or stopped at lights  

about to go green, 

walking a dog you never thought you would own. 

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This patience becomes you,  

suits you down to the ground, my friend. 

The jockeying for position, the exit 

to a quiet place: they work. 

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Olly Olly Oxen Free. 

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You’re it. 

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Based on the story: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/apr/20/played-tag-23-years-experience