Damage Limitation

The queen gets taken early,
(A thing that so annoys!
She likes it on the chessboard
where she feels 'one of the boys').

But no, she's taken early,
and is waiting hours and hours,
so the king (who likes a peaceful life)
sends huge bouquets of flowers.

The flowers appease her slightly,
but what desperately annoyed her
was how it was the bishop's fault.
(So he tries to avoid her.)

No-one understands her:
"You don't know how it makes me feel,"
the queen complains. So the king decides
to take her for a meal.

It's hard for him to comprehend
the good queen's irritation,
but now the game is over, he plans
'Damage Limitation'!

Flowers, wine and TLC
restore the queen. The game,
she now believes, was fair enough,
and nobody's to blame.

Yet, somehow, so the king discerns,
without that fine bouquet,
the wining and the dining,
things might not have gone his way!

poem © Celia Warren 2012

This is the 21st of my chessmen's adventures.
Catch up with previous events here:

The Chessmen's Holiday

Chessmen in the Garden

Fool's Mate

Wedding on the Chessboard

Secret Moves

Chessmen at the Zoo

Gone Fishing

The Artist

Two Bishops in Bed

RIP (TNT)

A Drive in the Country

Singing in the Shower?

A Dalek on the Chessboard

Carol Singers

The Pawns' Football Match

The Bishop's Nightmare.

Letting Off Steam  

Chessmen at the Seaside

The Chessmen Abroad

and

The Black King's Hobby.