Jihad begins in earnest
with the taking of a pawn
then a retaliatory strike
slicks the ground with blood
Black pawn's white neighbour to the front
is taken down, to be avenged by a Knight
the following moves involve more pawns (being)
slaughtered by Knights on both sides
Bishop takes pawn and pawn takes pawn
by way of return;
the next Move brings something Feminine, something diabolical
as Black Queen takes a white pawn,
and a white Tower crushes a black pawn in a skirmish further on
There is only murder among us:
may it always be so
This is Manson's Helter Skelter
on an altogether different scale
pawn kills pawn
then Bishop kills pawn,
then Bishop kills pawn