Jackstraws Quotes

“When you play chess alone it's always your move.”
― Charles Simic, Jackstraws: Poems

“Memory, all-night's bedside tattoo artist.”
― Charles Simic, Jackstraws: Poems

“In the circle of yellow lamplight,
These few roof-beams and columns
Of what could be a Mogul Emperor's palace.
The Prince chews his long nails,
The Princess lowers her green eyelids.
They both smoke too much,
Never go to bed before daybreak.”
― Charles Simic, Jackstraws: Poems