A game of Go

[Lawrence]

Now let us play a game of go
Take up the stones of shell and slate
We’ll spread our thoughts across the rows
In patterns none can recreate.
I build until the board is so
Inhabited by pieces placed
My kingdom then must swallow those
You call your own ambition’s space.
We act and react, as if though
We’re jugglers of each others fate
Attempting to both catch and throw
To construct and annihilate
I’m overtaken by my foe
I lose, and dissect my mistakes
How one vine’s vice-grip spreads and grows
How one lone pawn may induce mate.
Now we have played a game of go
Extend our hands, and firmly shake
We clear the board of every stone

And begin the dance again.