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
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
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
poems 2 die for