Understudy

Doctor Manhattan says
“We are all puppets,
But some of us
Can see
The strings.”
The only
problem is
that when 
this puppet
looks up
to see who is
pulling,
twisting,
tearing,
all I can see
is myself.

j’adoube

you must have thought i was
so silly,
singing, stargazing,
rambling about a
king and queen.
i know more now:
the sway of bishops,
the charge of knights,
the green stains of grass.
even though we will never play again,
i must resign.
i know more now:
you will always
 win.