KILL THE BODY THE HEAD WILL DIE

1.

end game

right at the beginning

the rejection of progress

i have only crossed the atlantic once

but i have invented lightning bolts

a presidential chess board

with chiefs of staff

constantly pushing for 1 e4

we have met in parking lots

and pawn shops

got arrested on the 4th of july

slept in tiger skin

and worried about our hair

bill clinton has a time machine

and plays another remis

tomorrow's papers was written a long time ago

2.

you want cities to exist

that have never existed

filled with people

never moving

out of houses unbuilt

on streets ungridded

spassky standing on a plain

surrounded by four volcanoes

where something scientological has just happened

3.

what is levitation

what is beyond the curtain

when does the performance end

4.

(questions to bobby fischer, age 15)

can you make a move

that will take you somewhere

you can not anticipate

is it possible

to stay one step

ahead of yourself

5.

i live in a house shaped as a rook

all my games are real 

mother