A/N: Written for the Diversity Writing Challenge, A44 – write a poetry collection, and for the Duel World Challenge, Lvl1.1 Renamon vs. Terriermon, using prompts: #3 – unite, #8 – tame, #10 – plane, #11 – spot and #12 – pull.

grandiose

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It's the same people every time.
I should have learnt them all, by the next time.
I hadn't.

The board is never right.
I can never make it right.
Perhaps…I can never see it right.

It was never a simple chess match
to manoeuvre them,
nor pets to pull along
by their collar.