(A Pantoum vaguely in iambic pentameter)
Two kings upon a square field stand opposed;
Their armies rank and file prepared to fight
For reasons not one soldier could suppose.
Unmoving, waiting, they display their might.
Two armies rank and file prepared to fight,
Each moves, and then awaits the next command.
Unmoving, waiting, they display their might
‘Till ordered that they must take their next stand.
They move, and then await the next command
But on no grass field do they coalesce,
‘Till ordered that they must take their next stand–
Two players on a wooden board assess.
But on no field of grass do they contest;
Two kings upon a chessboard stand opposed!
Two players on a wooden board play chess
For reasons not one soldier could suppose.