Stalemate
Once but a mere checkered board for pleasure
A tactical game of strategic thinking
Now of monstrous competitive proportions
Played by youngsters with dreams
A Man-child with delusions
Labored by adults
Learning patience is brutal
Trophied by adolescent minds
Understanding little
This be the game Bishops preach
Knights recon
Castles patiently wait
While pawns scamper
Knowing capture be time spent
In temporary confinement
As the androgynous queen attempts its check
The interminable game…
Played with black and white
Yellows and browns
Carved and molded
Digitized and magnetized
All pieces sacrificed if necessary
To protect the seat of power
Eventually…
Nothing is merely conquered
Destruction of the playing field
Remains all important
Check mate of zero mercy
Such is the stalemate of 2019 Washington
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Love ya!
Jane
The pendulum of government tends to swing back and forth over time between conservative and progressive. There's a certain amount of dragging of feet from the conservative side right now, but the progressive side is in some ways "jumping off the deep end." So it is imperative upon us, the people, to determine which issues require immediate attention and it often is not the obvious ones that are being argued about.
Ron