After Dinner Conversation

She says… what does that word mean
I say, deduce from context, and likely source of the word
She complains, that I use words that need explanation
But then I have high expectation that schools teach
Something about how to think, not just to remember
Of course, the conversation, then begins to meander
Across the dinner table of scraps and scrabble of a meal’s demise
And she now says with a twinkle in those oh so clever eyes
That she’d rather clean the kitchen than talk with me
She hates these conversations she tells me
While knowing this challenge will be rewarded, with kitchen
Duties as well as conversation that moves on to plans
For a future sure to be bright, but she wants to own it herself
Then she says she doesn’t want to play chess with me
I didn’t even ask…
Another challenge that means don’t try that four moves ahead crap
Cause, I’m not playing that game, because I cannot win
When we both know she’ll win just by playing the game
And I feel that through it all
… she’s already four moves ahead of me!