Written about my dear cousin Mamoon, a lovely amiable guy in the main, but who develops an altogether different persona when the Monopoly board comes out!

Mamoon is a Monopoly Freak

By Fahim Firfiray

Balham, London, August , 1991

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Mamoon is a Monopoly Freak

His mastery of it is somewhat unique

He's aggressive, zealous, shrewd through and through

If you're his opponent then God help you!

He'll purchase all properties and capture all stations

And won't give a damn for friends or relations

He builds hotels all over the place

The banker in charge can't keep up with his pace

You'll visit his land again and again

And curse every time you set foot on Park lane......

.....Regent Street, Bond Street, he'll follow each action

London will not be such a tourist attraction

 

Pay his rent, or you'll stay in detention

You'll never slip by, he pays good attention

 

But there is one way to beat this man

Keep yourself calm and follow this plan

At the start of the game, as quick as can be

Get into jail and swallow the key