36223 - If you haven’t

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Athina Kehagias

If you haven’t
played
the century old
chess game
then you wouldn’t see
the movements
of the monks
as an action
for the future
because
they’ll always
be slow
in their decisions
but
you ought to know
that this is
one
of the reasons
that they
still exist
to this point
as a continuation
of the Byzantium
spirit.