14. how to survive the loss of a chess match

Chaekgeori.

    storying pillbug
has no axe to grind · but this
    a skyey smashup
overly long in coming
    will not rescue us
be it Mueller or Caped One
    Jade Rabbit capers
& the permanent ice · creaks
    a mackerel sky
now as on that island grove
    moondust dissipates
at once · thoughts i'd fain write down
    crouched in a culvert
with the dragon's breath outside
    darkweb denizen
reaches out · a clearing in
    poolside brush sports chairs
when i go for a bucket
    of water to flush
dissident dancers tumble
    i download for free
some Croatian black metal
    one dancer signals
to the clown i brought with me
under a mackerel sky