Josephine Harley

Reading me

With nothing else to do

But watch to see

If all the pawns are taken

And the Queen is left

To fight for herself.

You are here

To find out

If I’ve succumbed

To what ailed me

Years ago.

You

Will be so sorely disappointed

If you think

I’ll give you that crumb

You’re begging for.

The true test

Of a watcher

Is the ability

To not let anyone know

What side you are on

Of anything.

But I can tell you

With unequivocal certainty

I’m not on your side.