got a pair

I've got a pair of jacks 
and a pair of balls. 
I'm pretty sure that's 
not enough to call 
at this stage of play 
in this canny strip 
chess game, up so 
late as I wish to stay, 

apparently. But

...instead of this
fooling around on
the board, with a hand
full of cards, half-dressed,
unscored - perhaps I might
best interpret by feel? With
intuitive hard soft tactile sense, 

perchance, find real? 

Maybe this whole deal
is some kind of ploy? 
Aimed at some other 
play between girl 
and boy? Or fuck - 

that's presumptuous! 
Beneath us both, for me 
to guess so assumptuously. 

Unless it's just "pre-" in
a sense before sumptuous,
innocence less modest by
turn of hands, and

waiting to boast?

If so,
my next move
could depend on me! Wait 

What? 

It's my move? Hey! Sorry! 

I thought 

Oh heck it. I bet
my shirt, knight to rook
two, and...

hit me.

She did.