Marbles on silty playground.

A macho ritual resembling

apocalyptic bible school

at Sandia View academy.

My godlike Bulgarian steely boulder

ready for thumb action

then I tragically lost it

because of an elephant stomp.

Had to use a pint steely (lame pastor?)

that was hard to aim.

I captured many cat eyes (disciples?)

and one naked lady (the other Mary?).

Before revelatory quitsies—

Is marbles missionary duty?

Or is it mercenary war?

Judgemental and vindictive.

Was this an unbaptized,

atheist kid’s prevision?

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Marbles was a kind of bullying, inflicted with jargon and traditional rules which were marked by many debatable interpretations. Only a few kids had almost all the marbles.