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Poem #2

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hitting below the belt

            moving out on a limb

                        more often than not

flying by night

 

splitting ache of the head

            men for all seasons

                        all in a day’s work

westside story

 

forgiving and forgetting

            breathing, short of breath

                        prone to accident

riding carriage and horse

 

men out of work

            just under the wire

                        dozens who are dirty

foot in the door.

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 He said, "Why should I tarry?"

And smiled with tranquil eye;

"In destinies sad or merry,

True men can but try."

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

(Lines 562-565)