when ordering the life-sized set
I had a minor typo
The queen, the knights were little sweat
The elephant was hypo
but as it turns, there was an error
in how we spelled the "rook"
and we discovered it, in terror
when the whole building shook
the game of course did not proceed
the queen threw out some cake
the pawns made haste, with every speed
the king escaped, the rake
as for the bishops, should I say
they didn't do too well
although the rocs that came to play
said that the meal was swell
Author notes: https://allpoetry.com/contest/2785628-Heroic-Fantasy-201
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