Checkmate

photo by Damien Derouene

Checkmate

©2016 Susan Noyes Anderson

Your every move is cagey, I suspect;

and thus I am a trifle circumspect

in interactions co-opted by you.

It's true. You are the barefaced bane of banes.

That I must keep my eye on you explains

my sheer distaste when I must take that view.

I see the games you play. Oh yes, I see.

And I shall counter each one warily

until your sound defeat signals we're through.

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