what is there, really,
but chess with joe?

he’s got your back
to the wall
and you say
“fuck you,
man!”

he’s got you coming
and going
both ways
but you’ve still got the
fight in you

and it goes like this
all the time
on under the blanket
of night

on an occasion or two
you might win
joe might grin
then you will go on
again

on still under the
blanket of
night.