Gambit
After demonstrating a few basic openings
I asked my son: what's your gambit going to be?
What will you give up up now
To gain an advantage later?
He said he’d give up the King
Because he was pretty much done
Hanging out with dad and ready for some
Scheduled online gaming with friends
Of course this meant I was the King
Who succumbs to an early regicide
On the other hand it meant that I was his King
Such is the timeless quandary of our dynamic
After he left I sat for a while with the board
Realizing I ought to answer my own question
For it's never too late to take a few chances
I’ll let you have the King’s knight
The one always hovering over my left shoulder
In dreams, whispering useless advice
You can have either bishop
Or both.
Burn the cassock and the crozier
I lost faith long ago
I’d give up a pawn
But I recently lost the last one
The only pieces I have left
Are all worth too much
I’ll have to give up love instead
In order to be
The elegant Queen Sacrifice
That leads to a mate
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