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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJSQxbedplM&ab_channel=HooverphonicVEVO

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They'd cut square blocks,

Chiseled 90 degree corners -  

Granite, adjacent marble -  

To lay a chessboard 

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Into the dance floor.

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Grapevine hung 

With woven tapestry;

While chandeliers, and

Candelabras, such 

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So as to act as 

Silverware -  

Utensiled in careful 

Mood-lighting 

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And the means 

With which to 

Engage -

Decadently, and in all 

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Plurality, glisteningly 

Set the stage.

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So we all advanced in tandem:

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Knights jumping partners 

As bishops eyed their opposites;

Rooks rifling 

Perpendicular

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Along rank and file

Security 

And our Kings - dumfounded by

The dessert service -  

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Standing, both at once,

Beside themselves, near

If not completely

Stationary.

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And while the floor transpired,

And we waltzed - wizardry

Into three step 

Warfare - 

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The Queen 

Roamed 

The ballroom 

Freely and 

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Lampooned the whole affair.

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