Chasing Victimhood, the Game Show

poem (audio)

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Partial reading of poem, featuring background music,”Happy Happy Game Show” featured below. From Kevin MacCloud (YT/@KevinMacLeodArchive)

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
is all but passé.
These days, all the rage in games is
Who Wants to Be a Victim?
(Regis Philbin is spinning in his grave!)

Contestants will sacrifice
a nice sum collected in their pot
and bet it all
for the grand prize of, yes,
victimhood.

Victimhood… it’s just as good
( “justice good”)
as spinning the Big Wheel,
landing on the dollar twice
on the Showcase Showdown,
and winning both showcases
on The Price is Right;

Victimhood beats whatever’s
behind the non-Zonked box
and curtain #1, #2 or #3
on Let’s Make a Deal,