Mating with
Silence
essential
paintings hang upon bland walls
their frames can
no longer see
the misaligned
nail hole that appalls;
the chess player’s
lost mind recalls
names of the pieces
standing out at sea
has the queen’s
pawn jumped free
numbered chairs
sit apart round the tables
their place
assigned to a name
the disquieting silence
finds many fables
within the
stilled house of the four gables;
and those who
live there - are not the same
has the king’s
knight slipped free
temporary rooms
in a house of four wings
with quarters positioned
for a longing stay
of those who
wait dementia’s insulting stings;
an organ sits in
memory of old flings
as music sheets no
longer turn to play
for the game’s mate
has fallen silent and free
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