chessmen

 chessmen

ozymandias, tutankhamun
alexander, genghis
zarathustra, solomon
          did not know
they were not kings
prophets, sages, poets
          merely pawns
on the cosmic milky way

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quail egg@aamanlamba · 11hThe chess board defines the chess pieces, what is the state of a piece off the board - a lost wanderer? What of the board, when all the pieces are gone?