
The Last Safe Piece
Armin Hamrah '23, photo from Unsplash.com A king elegy from our favorite chess poet! The last safe piece Rests at the board’s origin Asking for the opponent’s zugzwang Watching the vertices in awe Fearing its extinction Sinking in the quicksand of the board It spins in circles With tactful patience Hoping for a stalemate’s liberation An endless quarantine The impossibility of escape Drives him to insanity