The 64 at 64


You sit there
And stare in your chair,
As the magic pieces, dancing in your head,
Await your deciding touch.

"What is he thinking?"
You think.
"What is his plan?"

So much
Depending on the next move!

Should I defend my King
Or strike at his wing?
Watch that lethal Knight!
Its forking flight
Might be your downfall!

If he doesn't see at all
My pawn strategy,
It'll be one for the small guy!

Is the exchange worth control
Of his seventh rank?
Give your Queen for two rooks,
Then charge his flank?
Hook a Bishop to a pawn
Until the dawn of the Endgame?
...or YOUR END!

Play Positional or Potluck? 
Go for broke, or block and tuck
His Highness behind a wall?

It's all 
Brainboggling!
But, what the heck!
Better a thinking wreck
Pushing some wood, I say,
Than a Zombie, oggling
The tube of mental decay!

    
Kenn S.
November 1990