Bored Games

Detective Caffery

stifled a laugh as he

made his evaluation.

This victim in teal

had the familiar feel

of a Hasbro criminalization.

His face had turned green,

the effects of a string,

which caused his strangulation…

and to beat it all

Green died in a “hall”,

well within rules and regulations.

Lining up his suspects

Caffery’s gut said

he’d won this game once before!

So he drew his gun

on Professor Plum

and escorted the accused to the door.

Then Plum-ly pleaded,

“quit picking on me, did

you check Miss Scarlett’s drawers?

I surely would hope

you might look for the rope

where players of all ages have scored!”

The Professor was right

Caffery might

need to question said “player in red.”

For the reasons and rhymes

of this terrible crime

might reside in her crimson head.

Or be otherwise hidden

in someplace forbidden

and a search could certainly shed

some glimmer of light

on the wrongs and the rights

of how Mr. Green ended up dead.

So with some hesitation

and via sequestration

Caffery commenced his search.

His nervous hands found

as he patted her down

themselves pressed against blouse, and skirt.

And Scarlett O’Grady,

a dubious lady,

took to it all as a flirt,

and with wiggles and winkies,

and hand-cuft-ed kinkies

hindered our “Dick” in his work.

But ever the pro

the detective was loathe

to inspect where Prof. Plum knew

that a rope 3’ long

could be hid by a thong

(along with an extra foot… or two).

And shy the depravity

to search every cavity

while within every character‘s view.

He read rights to the plum-ster,

took Scarlett’s phone number,

and mastered this dumb game of Clue.

(Ages 12… no… 16 and up.)