I often find it tempting to just simply pilfer from poets one might actually consider "great." No, not for an entire post, but more like stealing the first line of a poem and seeing where I can go from there, if there was an avenue yet unexplored, or, to put it in poetic terms, a "road not taken." I suppose, in some strange way, this is a good exercise, but probably one that I will never attempt to really fall back on. It feels like cheating, even if it's just a couple words. Actually, now that I think of it, it seems like it really could be a fun exercise to do some day - a "poetry gone wrong" sort of experiment. You know, like a "reader's digest condensed and malformed poetry - A primer on what not to do." I would hate to see what might happen to nursery rhymes at that point, or fairy tales. Of course, with my luck, that just gave someone the next idea for a Tony-Award-Winning Broadway production, for which I shall never receive credit. C'est la vie.
At any rate, that's something I still don't feel like I should do in this venue. It's irresponsible, and really not challenging me much at all to start with something someone else also started with. Kinda not the point. Despite evidence to the contrary provided to us by Wierd Al Yankovic, that is not how you become a legend. Yes, becoming a legend is my goal. How it happens...well, as long it's not a cautionary tale like an E! Tur Hollywood Story or the next newsclipping starring Lindsey Lohan, or a mention in the Darwin Awards, I don't much care how it happens.
Moves
e4 - obvious start
c6 - are you sure?
Nf3 - solidify
d6 - not aggressive
Bc4 - calculated opening, safety assured.
Nf6 - finally!
Ng5 - I don't think this can be stopped.
e6 - except by that.
a4 - secure the flank
Be7 - I've played this game before.
What was the answer here?
I don't remember!
Why am I always in the same place?
This isn't progress.
I'm playing the same thing I always do.
The result is the same.
I need to invent something,
change something,
come at the problem from the other side,
ANYTHING.
I know how this ends.
O-O.
OK, perhaps this one's a little enigmatic, but for those who do like the game of chess, it might actually make some sense. For those who don't....what a great time to learn, yes??
Thanks for reading,
The Fat Kid.
2 comments:
Oh, this was fun. Definitely had portions of dialogue, which you've tackled once or twice before, if memory serves. I think it works well and is readily grasped - an exchange of two in the voice of one, as it were. I'd be interested to see you explore this kind of poetic dialogue further.
Oh, and three cheers for chess!
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