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PUGILIST

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PUGILIST

Pugilist that I am
I never leave the ring

I take them all on
bare-knuckled and naked
exhausted and disfigured

as they strike me to the ground
with iron sticks and tazers
nuclear bombs and icy hearts

Pathetic little power-mongers
so weak on their own
bereft of their weapons

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