There is a secret I’ll confess –
I just don’t get the game of chess.
 
Don’t think me dull or commonplace.
(At crossword puzzles, I’m an ace.)
 
Oh, how I’d like to ponder moves
which timely strategy behooves,
 
but woefully, I never will
advance a knight or keep him still
 
or put my castle into play
and execute a bold foray
 
or plot a clever, clever sting
to learn the conscience of a king.
 
If such achievements I forgo,
I’m not without my talents, though.
 
Just give me games I’ll understand,
like Wordle, Hearts, or Candy Land.


© by Phil Huffy.
Used with the author’s permission.