Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Captured

It was a bright, sunny day in the city park, as the old man sat at one of the public chess sets, looking over a famous game position. I approached him from the side.


"Paul?"


He paused, his hand hovering above the white queen.


"That's a name that carries a lot of history."


I sat down opposite him.


"You must have expected that someone would come calling eventually?"


He sighed, as he picked up the black king.


"You know what? I actually thought I'd gotten away clean."


I went to explain when he jammed the king into his own vein.

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