CHESS LOVER

CHESS LOVER

In his game with you
he was playing
like Conan the Barbarian
wanting to
crush you, enslave you,
scatter your pieces
to the four winds
hear
the lamentation
of you as woman

in my game with you
I got steamrollered

my king wanting
to die quietly
in his own bed
or your own bed

my king, my queen and
all my pieces
wanting to lie
checkmated
by you

with most and least chess-
loving prejudice ever imaginable.