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Want to Play?

Christian Ward

The chess player has returned,
an old woman dressed in Oxfam chic
standing outside Westminster Cathedral,
her chessboard resting on a large
cupboard box.

She keeps her wrinkled hands
inside her jacket, as if protecting
the sole tools of her pleasure.

The sign on her chessboard
says Want to Play?

but there is no clock
but there are no opponents
but there is no chair
but there are no pieces

The homeless men sleeping behind McDonalds
are being dragged away by police,
tourists cover their eyes when they pass her.

There are no possible opponents, I think.
I don’t want to cover my eyes when I see her,
I want to know the rules.

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printed, but you can requesting it
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