Each Point Plays Out

The first myth was one—
The word and the thought,

The claim there could be
A term for one thing,

And thus there could be
Such a thing as one

Thing, one that was not
The rest of the world,

Was not just a blur,
A blend of what went

And went, but was one,
A new game, the first

True game, born to rules—
This is in the game,

This could be in it,
This is not the game—

If I hold this card,
It means that you don’t.