Go! For Broke

When proposing a referendum a Player is required

To reveal how its subject has its own title inspired

Allowing other Players whilst voting to guess

What the Answer Pm doth in content confess.

One Player fell foul in this observation

Through multiple sources of inspiration

And in exploring a layered pun

Gave an answer of three parts instead of one.

Thinking that every link may not be guessed

He included in the Answer's text

What seemed a simple stipulation

That any Player might divest

Themselves of one third of the information

And still be correct if they'd answered best.

So it was PTomic entered into debate

Of whether such instructions held any weight

And whether it was possible to dictate

Events depending on developing conditions

Or whether the assuption of such a position

Would bring the game into perdition

Seceond guessing the hand of fate.

The motion of the game pressed on relentless

And the move described in this poem ended.

With it, the poet's remit to describe concludes,

But in doing so it seems safe to assume

(if not (a))

The weight of opinion against conditionals

Means their use will not resume.

(then (b))

A change in majority opinion may soon find us

Backtracking through future moves.