When the Rules Aren't Fair
A song about a kid in a playground game where the rules keep changing every time the same kid is about to win, and what the kid does after the third change.
We were playing a game on the asphalt court. First to ten, Sam said, that was the rule I thought. Every time I got close, Sam changed it again, Twelve, then the square, then a rule I'd never heard of.
So what do you do when the rules aren't fair? What do you do when the game keeps changing?
I stood there a minute and looked at the lines. Sam grinned. The other kids stared at their shoes. Nobody said anything. Nobody moved. The rules were going to change as long as I tried.
So what do you do when the rules aren't fair? What do you do when the game keeps changing?
I picked up my ball. I walked off the court. Sam yelled, "Hey, you forfeit! That counts as a loss!" I kept walking. Maya was over by the wall Drawing chalk worlds. She had two pieces left.
She handed me one. We drew a whole town. Streets and a river and a mayor named Frog. We made up the rules as we went, but together, Both of us laughing. Both of us drawing.
I walked, this time, maybe next time I'll stay, find a different way.