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Checkmate!

Ronald-Bunch 1982 (Grand Rapids)

Free verse
Here's a little doodle,
I drew myself.

I see a chess board
And every piece
I'm afraid to move.

If I'm going to play the game
I must place my name.

Am I a king, a queen?
well, I did sing:
A rook, pawn, bishop,
I’m a knight
That sounds right.

Every move
It makes me want to faint,
Is this a trait or mental illness state?

Now I'll fall,
But,
If I control my destiny
I can't stall.

Checkmate!
I'll take a prostitute at this rate.

In the end
It doesn't matter
If you're sane or plane,
Just that you played the game.

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Submitted by RonaldWrites on August 16, 2021

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Scheme XX XXA BB XXXCC AXD EXXE DD XXXB
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 489
Words 104
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 2, 5, 3, 4, 2, 4
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Ronald-Bunch

ronaldbunch.com He did volunteer work, goes to church, reads, and likes long walks. He's a self published writer and poet. He's getting his GED and will graduate at Grand Rapids (USA) community college. Activity: Ronald Lee Bunch published his poetry book called I Am A Man As I should be on create space September 1st, 2014 (Paper Back) and August 31, 2014 (Kindle Edition) Audio book is now available at amazon. Interests: Writing, reading, walking. Favorite book types: Fantasy and writer/author biographies. Some of the books he read: Mainspring (Clockwork Earth #1), The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia), The Holiness of God, The Outsiders, Clash of the Titans, Gulliver's Travels, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter #2), The Four Signs of a Dynamic Catholic, Crossfire, Outland, Krull, The Red King (Star Trek: Titan, #2), Icerigger #1, Spellsinger, Flinx's Folly (Pip & Flinx #9), Battle Surgeons (Star Wars: Clone Wars, #4), The Silmarillion, The Lord of The Rings, The Hobbit, David Copperfield. more…

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