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# Kings And Queens
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/kings-and-queens/
- Published: 2021-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-27T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: a king and queen must mate for life (unless, of course, a Tudor wife) such is the chess game of succession a generational procession
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

a king and queen must mate for life  
(unless, of course, a Tudor wife)  
such is the chess game of succession  
a generational procession

but when it's love that's factored in  
then marriages are in between  
a truly chemical obsession  
and an eventual indiscretion

is there a happy medium  
dare to escape the tedium  
and do not focus on transgressions  
forego "I told you so" confessions

be thankful to the gods above  
ecstatic that you wed for love  
focus on family and friends  
and pray your chess game never ends

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**Author notes:** wc 90 https://allpoetry.com/contest/2795890-Kings-and-Queens