By the shallow stream
of shaded stones
sit two friends
who is one in one's mind
where the darker
are darker than the brighter
the brighter
brighter than the darker
handful of the assorted
more assorted than what are not
Then the game shall begin
One has the darker move ashore
One has the brighter join the stream
One cannot though
be more elaborate
than the other
whose dream one dwells
One wins over
a loser imagined
who triumphs
in a reign transverse
One left
who are two players
dreaming
and dreamt about.
9/3/17 Boca
