<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433387" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Blinded Into A Stale Checkmate</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gamed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Issues they keep, <br>Are transparently weak.<br>And superimposed, <br>With superficiality to give them weight.<br>So light of mind and purpose.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They would like to think of themselves, <br>Living in the land of opportunity...<br>As kings and queens.<br>But they are attached like pawns.<br>Rooked and played to remain dazed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gamed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Obvious as if dressed mannequins, <br>Placed in store front windows to tease passersby.<br>Only attracting those curious, <br>Who remark how life-like they appear.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'If only they had light in their eyes.<br>They could come close to looking 'real'.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lame, <br>Gamed.<br>And so predictable.<br>Obvious, <br>As if dressed mannequins.<br>And superimposed, <br>With superficiality to give them weight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'If only they had light in their eyes.<br>They could come close to looking 'real'.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gamed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They would like to think of themselves, <br>Living in the land of opportunity...<br>As kings and queens.<br>But they are attached like pawns.<br>Rooked and played to remain dazed! <br>To be teased by the sleazers.<br>Who know how to keep them...<br>Transparently weak.<br>And irrelevant.<br>Easily positioned to trick! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Gamed! <br>And blinded into a stale checkmate, <br>Wherever it is they may go!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Lawrence+S.+Pertillar">Lawrence S. Pertillar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=433387" data-title="Blinded Into A Stale Checkmate de Lawrence S. Pertillar" data-description="Gamed! Issues they keep, Are transparently weak. And superimposed, With superficiality to give them weight. So light of mind and purpose. They would like to think of themselves, Living in the land of opportunity... As kings and queens. But t..."></div> </div> </div>

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