Playing Chess

Plunging my finger through the felted bottoms of pawns

My therapist says we all have unique methods we use to get the things we want. A method for gaining attention. A method for keeping it. A method for disposing of it. I’ve grown to love my methods, as you probably have with yours, because well, fuck. They work.

Haight-Ashbury (2022)

And just like writing, playing chess can spell out how you feel. When you…