Dedication to Brail Chess

He felt his way through to mate
fingered her pieces, and squares,
finding the filled, and the vacant,
with dextrous relish.

Hands were eyes, and saw more
than prophets gazing
across the sea.

Kramnik vs Anand, Moskva meets the Ganges

Orders at Red Square
'no ash to the Ganges'
Moskva builds in flood
ready with reflectors
to outstare the outsider.

legend maintains, 'nothing escapes the Ganges'
its ebbing tide will await
your contribution
past eternity, if necessary.

Two rivers meet, and like oceans
in collision, the world watches.

In the Red Corner, the pragmatic praxis of Kremlin,
the Other corner, jogi genius improvised.
The Red is corner of past champions,
the Other is another of cast predictions.

Quakes from Kashmir shudder like prophets
the will of the Ganges,
From Sparrow Hills, the Kremlin seems
unshakeable...unbreakable.

Today Moskva meets the Ganges.
After dusk...
I saw an elephant rise up the Hill
like a big bird perched over its new
conquered horizon.