“Lightheart”

Lightheart and lightweight
 Play games of chess
To a vexing tune
 going mad with perfume
board cleared and they dance around
like broken-legged spiders
unsure of where to go
creepy shadows of the masked parade
the hooks of vengeance
locked and devoured
you glance at a stranger
 so they spit in your face
another lightheart shot down
heavy-weighted to the earth
 anchored by hurt
--july 30, 2002