The Games in Which Nothing Can Play a Role

Mathematical games, for sure,

And metaphysical, of course,

And theological. Finance

And double-entry bookkeeping,

Although those games are math’s, applied

To narrowly defined problems.

In musical games, nothing plays

The role of silence. Visual

Games can’t decide. Sometimes nothing

Is blank, sometimes black. The same goes

For narrative games. In lyrics,

Nothing is rarely anything

But death. Poetry’s so Emo,

You overhear one teen teasing

Another. But nothing can play

What’s not game, a role no one knows.