Ode to Pawn

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Armin Hamrah ’23

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Residing on the second rank,

You patiently wait...



Wait to be pushed forward

Only to be left undefended

By my unappreciative eyes...



Pawn, oh royal pawn,

Worthless to a common eye,

But crucial

To my great attacks nigh...



Shift the structure,

Shift the board,

Your chains and breaks

Go unadored...



Yet your physicality

And practicality

Are ever-present

On the checkered board

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