Day 353 - Games

 GAMES

Prompt - Games : Write about the games people play - figuratively or literally

She sits at her table and plays solitaire.  When one game ends another begins.  She cannot walk far.  She has little desire to socialise with the other residents.  She takes her meals at the little table, where she deals her pack out dozens of times a day, and sits looking out from her little glass palace.  From there she sees, watches, pauses the cards in mid air whenever someone emerges, enters.  She can see the main door.  And the paths which lead to the two annex buildings.  And the path down the side that leads to the kitchens.  And the benches on the lawn.  And the summerhouse.  Nobody leaves or arrives but with her knowledge.  

And from that knowledge comes information.  From information comes power, of a sort.  The power to play other games.  "I'm not one to talk, but..."  It's not just the cards she sharps.