SIX

SIX

sometimes
simplicity rules

so much practice until
instilled

    becomes
embodied in
perfect  delivery

and, talking of perfect,
in your hands
a dossier of
       perfect plays

grandmaster chess puzzles
fail to
   rival
    in their brilliant complexity

but here
      we have comedy

see epic antagonists
    convulsed with laughter

suddenly the script has the
texture of absurd theatre

longer
   than waiting for Godot
waiting for
  Super Bowl six

FLOW KYLE

FLOW KYLE

go with
the flow Kyle

trust
your instincts
at least
feel
your instincts

develop
an instinctual feel

imbibe your book
your sheets
    swallow, digest
embody

then
   throw away

run with what you
are good at
true to
is burning
inside you

play come
   what may with
power
and way

release the huge
deluge of positive
carry
   the day

KYLE AT CHESS

KYLE AT CHESS

After those blown
final quarters think
I should
   play Kyle at chess

across 64 white
black squares

he would
not be at his best

checking on
his playbook
instead of
analyzing the
board

fools mate, scholars mate,
smothered mate
      quick
into the pan
fried liver mate

one, two,
          three, West
Coast, East Coast
         Bobby Fischer
        (merciful) mate

he wouldn’t need to
worry about

the torture of
leading
       heading into an

       endgame, being
outmanouvered
            at the end