SLAM DUNK

mindset to mindset
not yielding an inch
not conceding
a point

leaves me confused
as to whether this is
chess or all-in
-wrestling
we find ourselves
confronted with

with chess no rips and
tears and broken bones

deadly
serious this game

hardly spectacle: so
poorly choreographed

posture and
bluster

in the same league hardly

Published by Damian Garside