Charge It to the Game

This is a 16-part Haiku Chain Poem that discusses moving on from people and situations that just don’t work for you. As is the custom in many of my posted poetry, I will hyperlink song titles, music videos, book titles, and film titles to their respective audio, video or summary pages on GrooveShark.com, YouTube.com, Amazon.com and IMDB.com respectively.

By the way, the art piece below where the muscular black man is breaking free from chains is called “Knowledge is Power”. The artist is Kevin A. Williams (aka, WAK). Make sure to visit his site to learn more about his art work.

I hope that you enjoy the poem.

“Charge It to the Game”

© 2013 Tyrone Turner

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So disrespectful.
Unrepenting for what you
said and what you did.

Baby, I will not
argue with you or seek an
apology. Nope.

You feel how you feel
and that is that. The problem
is that won’t work.

It will not work for
me. There is no need for me
to defame your name.

I’m Cool Like That, hon.
Plus, its all Elementary.
Birds of a feather…

If I say that you’re
such a liar, a cheat, or
something, what am I?

The dummy that did
not see you for who you are.
Loose lips sink MY ship!

I will never let
the world know what you did and
how we handled it.

Forrest Gump said it
best: “Stupid is as stupid
does.” I Say No Go.

Also, a child should
not witness the character
assassination.

We have a beef and
can’t see eye-to-eye. The kids
are to be spared this.

Papa’s Got a Brand
New Bag. Nothing is ever
Irreplaceable.

Tricking looks easy
but simping sho’ ’nuff is hard!
Control. Alt. Delete.

I’m living that life.
Men and women can and should
live The Elite Way.

Thirsty behavior,
cup-cakin’ and chasing the
extra-average.

Stop the Madness! Don’t
settle. Be true to yourself.
Charge It to the Game.

Back to Life and Hard Lessons Learned

In the early 90’s when I was a college student, Arsenio Hall was part of my daily routine. I went to classes at St. John’s University in Jamaica (Queens, NY), went to work part-time at a prominent law firm based in Midtown Manhattan, then came home and made sure to watch The Arsenio Hall Show each night before going to sleep. His show ended rather abruptly without a clear reason as to why. Arsenio is back and after I saw the below interview with CNN’s Don Lemon, I became an even bigger fan than I was before.

Listen to the pearls of wisdom Arsenio shares in this interview and be inspired.

I like what he said about adversity: “You learn a lot about the people around you.”

Truer words have not been spoken.

Let me know your thoughts on this video. Thanks.

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