The name of the game

Musings upon chess thought process

The name of the game



the texture of the knight

the heft of the rook

the precious queen

i thrust my pawn deep into

his position

if…then…if…then…if…then

again and again

but what if he doesn’t take

oh the permutations

the variations

the forgotten lines

keeping everything

all in the mind

and don’t forget

the fatal question

do i get to mat