smile like you mean it

[Laruku Tears]

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Perhaps we are done?

We should totally do this

Again though. 'Twas win.



His smiles were all

Faint and small, barely there lines

Curving upwards some.



Checkmate? A swift loss,

But so many fallen men

Were lined on the sides.



A field filled. Bodies.

Black and white blood -- closed red eyes.

Forgotten prayers, dreams.



Cest la vie, he said.

Rough fingers picked up the king

So that he may see



All of his fallen sons.

I was missing a pawn, said

He, But cest la vie.

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