sunday
o serious fates
in the grim chess
at the top of the table
the king is telling one of the monkeys
who makes up the knight's body
to stay away from
the edge of the world
of checkered clouds

monday
as if in the heavy thick
rosebushes there existed some
martial perimeter for even
the rookery with its queen
looking pale as a worm
might fall to some black rogue
bishop or beard

tuesday
in a land of tiny miracles
these clockwork footsoldiers
humm their wallbuilding tactics
like a song the castle of black roses
is assaulted by a white praying mantis
ridden by a crystalline emblem
light pulsing through his navel

wednesday
this king an ivory tusk
is a slow mad antenna
who pitter-patters
in the gaping hole
of her screaming vacuum
i lick the wound between
the bishops
one knight is an inky tumulus
of ants or gods or wordwinds

thursday
picket slope grid
the worm velvet monocle
should spin in the tower
a kind miserable set of functions
gleaming marble logic
a cold cool mind
this piano garden
dies never figuring
the drawing of pawns

friday
they leap before diagonals
dropping and firing a purple
wave of undine froth
should rise to its idol chin
a red laughing mouth
something quiet and
majestic a box for little
adults their mummified play
the harsh chaotic angles
lingering in haunches

saturday
o serious fates
in the grim chest heaving
now sleeping queen would your
pure destiny awaken the perfect
string unfolding in the actions
of a broader hand
and can this minstrel trespasser
gather an audience
from your doomed minions
whose lined faces are gridded
with thorny codes

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