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As menacing, jointed limbs
and a horrifying segmented body
emerge
in a noble array of weaponry,
the vast assemblage
surrounding and encircleing,
there is awakened such a terror,
hindering any movement
toward escape...
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It arrives at an arrogant assumption
that I will not bolt,
its crafts and skills
artfully honed and cunning,
its substances of chicanery
imbued with a craving desire
for mastery and power,
unaffected by my simple expression
of fear
or my prospect of retreat,
its rough, uneven bitterness
corrosive and invasive...
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Before I yield to its onslaught,
I gather my vindication
and affirm my defenses-
asserting my position
in a declaration of unremitting audacity
with startling engagement,
emboldened with a deep sanctuary
of ingenious intelligence
combined with robust savagery,
born of accomplished undertakings
and reflective study;
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and with a watchfulness, and mindfulness
the stalemate begins-
there ensues a deadly courtship
with subtle displays
of enticements
and witchery,
fearless effrontery
and portents of majesty,
dignified, imposing;
and omens of solemn grandeur -
relentless, uncorrupted,
and severe;
`
In pure dominion and supremacy
I ascend in a punishing retaliation
that was dodged
with knowing intimidation
and in awesome enormity;
I recover from my bungling charge
and I withdraw,
plucking new resolution
from a firmness of heart,
and with a naked excess I attack again
and maul it’s venomous,
fierce mandibles,
and tame the foul beast...
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Then I awoke.
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I was struck
with sudden trepidation
from slanting directions
toward a sticky,
thick, blackish,
suffocating hallucination of defeat,
deadly and calamitous,
sustained by ineffectual illuminations
of the contest,
a prisoner of this cruel brutality of life,
painfully swelling
my own cruelty
as I live and struggle to survive.
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Gold trophy winner
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