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I hold open

the ethereal jar

in the air,

sideways,

in the same spot

where your mouth

moved

like a cry of birds. 

CHESS

I play chess with my cat.
She knocks over the pieces
one by one. 

She sits in the middle
of the board like a queen.    
I prefer it this way.

I am out of options.  
The only checkmate
is to be yielding to

this fur-shrouded aura.