yes

and as a game of pool
becomes a night at the bar
the first chess game
becomes the second

i can neglect the goths,
the franks, consuls and kings
they will remain
but a neglected game of chess
is lost forever

The Ode – like a hundred times

like a hundred times
before today
a poor soul lost his frisbee

smashed to bits
on a city street
dave an’ gary an’ i
buried it

in the sewer
on congress and schaefer

     And cups,
          a black ashtray sit
together with my button
     and do not move.