The Me-Me-Me Game

Once but a mere checkered board for pleasure
A tactical game of strategic thinking
Now is of monstrous competitive proportions
Played by youngsters with dreams
Labored by adults learning patience is brutal
Trophied by an adolescent understanding little
But the me-me-me game

Bishops preach
Knights recon
Castles wait
And the stealth queen makes her check
While the pawns scamper
Knowing capture is but time spent
In temporary confinement
Until the final battle

A game played with blacks and whites
Yellows and browns
Carved and molded
Digitized and magnetized
Ill-played 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 is of zero mercy

Such is the White House…

Assuming he knows chess is an honest game

Short on play-ground bullyism