Endziel

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

Endziel
Knight takes
last pawn
Checkmate