Lack of protocol
He is breaking all the rules
Coup de grace actioned
Copyright Francis Barker 2020
Haiku: Coup de Grace
Tag: chess
Haibun: The Long Game
The silence is deafening,
tension taught as the tightest string.
We face not armies
but a hidden host
against whom we play
the game of our lives.
Who is first to blink?
Chequerboard duality
Playing the long game
copyright Francis Barker 2020
