Thursday, April 9, 2009

Chess with the Monsignor (NaPoWriMo 2006)

April 7, 2006

Chess with the Monsignor

The king's as good as dead without a queen.
The pawns and crooked bishops all are caught,
an opening the like I've never seen.
Your grab at easy targets comes to naught.

The pawns and crooked bishops all are caught.
You can't ignore the knights at center board.
Your grab at easy targets comes to naught.
Let us pray in silence to the Lord.

You can't ignore the knights at center board.
The rook is best employed when ranks are thinned.
Let us pray in silence to the Lord:
"Forgive me, Host of Heaven, I have sinned."

The rook is best employed when ranks are thinned
and endgame is the only game in town.
"Forgive me, Host of Heaven, I have sinned;
I sought the enemy and put him down."

Endgame is the only game in town.
Remember this before you move a pawn
and seek the enemy to put him down.
Heed the call from angels of the dawn.

Remember this before you move a pawn,
an opening the like I've never seen.
Heed the call from angels of the dawn:
The king's as good as dead without a queen.

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