Coopted

A hard collision puts the extra c
Where it's meant to find its new growth
Letter puzzles take stabs 
At ornery slate tablets

To shatter an already broken circle
Is to see a pie and lose it too
Expected value gains 
Hurdle under pains

While vying ties tongues
To sharper ladder rungs
Who's strung this method
For a climb 
To the wall above the cats

Whose luck will run
As long as life fails
To strike nine
And succeeds in milking
Yet another imprisoned cow