WON
we came for the big game
met on the intersection
of Meridian and
Equator
we sat for the battle
you
waited in awe
they remained standard
first,
before a piece touched
they insisted on rule changes
make the game more equitable
in other words
their game more powerful
bishops
and knights
should be made invulnerable
echoing their
feudal
reputation
(“especially the white squared one”:
someone chirping
from the corner)
and then
it had to go, whole en passant rule
as unnecessary compromising
defences
and when
Kings castle on the back rank
strength of rook
alongside be
doubled from
five to
ten
to echo their supreme
nuclear strength
we came for the game
whole world watching
what
a shock it was
the day we won
poems 2 die for 