Wednesday, February 17, 2021

PAST MASTER

Never pure intrigue. 
Hardly only 

apprehension. 
But always 

this tedious 
mixture of both—

morning by 
evening, 

room 
by room: 

the light stalked
by gloom.

A long 
and ambiguous 

sequence 
of chess moves. 

Gradually, I  
castle toward 

the border
of uncertainty—

or maybe, 
uncertainty hooks 

toward the center 
of me.