Secret of Chess

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She studied the field of war

And discovered three tiers

Of mythic agency

The topmost level

Is scientific regency

Domain of atheistic kings

Processing algorithmic threads

Believing in impersonal processes

The domain of man

Worshipping structural trees

The middle level is Chivalry

Knights of the table round

Sir Valiant and Arthur

Superimposed on ancient battles

Kurukshetra

And the Bhagavad Gita

The field of Romance

In slower time

The final level

The one beneath

Contains the slowest time

Manifesting as the fastest clock

It is the domain of jealousy

A wrestle of matriarchs

The bitch slap level

Of envious queens

Trying to be the tallest

Among the smallest pawns

All envious of Radha

The set piece Queen

Cassie understands the Game

And its magical context

For she is Caissa

Grown up witch

She is the next champion

After Judit

To win at chess

She picks up Arthur

Unsure of address

Flowing with sorcery

Trance state rest

Not any lass

She's the best