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Chess-Men

K: Now that we are standing here, with some time remaining for the battle to begin, I’d like to know how you guys are feeling. It’s very important that we act as a unit and everyone does what he’s asked for. I remember the last time, because of your sheer incompetence, I was humiliated by [...]

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Chequered and Flagged

The pieces set gleaming in crimson light
the players sweat o’er impending fight
him taking black, it’s me who has the white
who gallantly gallops his gallant knight
He moves his pawn to gain the center stage
and my pawn brings us both on the same page
his knight, my bishop, such a trembling rage
histrionics nettling they do engage
We hunch over [...]

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