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THE AGE OLD BATTLE
BOTH BEING CREATURES OF THE JUNGLE
WE HAD OBSERVED AND BEEN TAUGHT WELL
OR SO WE THOUGHT, BLUNDERBUSSES LOADED
WE BOTH IMAGINED IT WAS OUR PART OF THE JUNGLE
THEREFORE, EACH OF US CLAIMED THE ADVANTAGE
I HAD EXPERIENCE ON MY SIDE
SHE HAD NEW AND MODERN WEAPONRY
THE ALL IMPORTANT PATIENCE WAS DISPUTED
MY TRAPS WERE OLD-FASHIONED BUT ALLURING
HERS WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND PRONE TO FAILURE
SO THE HUNT WAS ON, HUNTER AGAINST HUNTER
I WOULD PRAY, SHE WOULDN'T
I HAD BEEN RAISED TO FEAR GOD
SHE HADN'T, AND MADE HER OWN FEARS
NEITHER WOULD ADMIT TO BEING PREY
I BEING OLD-FASHIONED AND A GENTLEMAN
ALLOWED HER TO CAST THE FIRST BLOW
SHE BEING YOUNG AND SAVVY ALLOWED IT
HER ADVANTAGE SHE THOUGHT WAS A NATURAL THING
SHE STRUCK FAST AND DIRECT FOR THE HEART
MISCALCULATING IT TO BE MY WEAK SPOT
IF ONLY SHE'D AIMED LOWER, HINDSIGHT ...
MY COUNTER-THRUST TOOK HER BY SURPRISE
FOOL THAT I AM, IT SURPRISED ME TOO
I WENT THERMO-NUCLEAR
WITH LOVE
AND IT DESTROYED EVERYTHING
WE HAD OBSERVED AND BEEN TAUGHT WELL
OR SO WE THOUGHT, BLUNDERBUSSES LOADED
WE BOTH IMAGINED IT WAS OUR PART OF THE JUNGLE
THEREFORE, EACH OF US CLAIMED THE ADVANTAGE
I HAD EXPERIENCE ON MY SIDE
SHE HAD NEW AND MODERN WEAPONRY
THE ALL IMPORTANT PATIENCE WAS DISPUTED
MY TRAPS WERE OLD-FASHIONED BUT ALLURING
HERS WERE EXPERIMENTAL AND PRONE TO FAILURE
SO THE HUNT WAS ON, HUNTER AGAINST HUNTER
I WOULD PRAY, SHE WOULDN'T
I HAD BEEN RAISED TO FEAR GOD
SHE HADN'T, AND MADE HER OWN FEARS
NEITHER WOULD ADMIT TO BEING PREY
I BEING OLD-FASHIONED AND A GENTLEMAN
ALLOWED HER TO CAST THE FIRST BLOW
SHE BEING YOUNG AND SAVVY ALLOWED IT
HER ADVANTAGE SHE THOUGHT WAS A NATURAL THING
SHE STRUCK FAST AND DIRECT FOR THE HEART
MISCALCULATING IT TO BE MY WEAK SPOT
IF ONLY SHE'D AIMED LOWER, HINDSIGHT ...
MY COUNTER-THRUST TOOK HER BY SURPRISE
FOOL THAT I AM, IT SURPRISED ME TOO
I WENT THERMO-NUCLEAR
WITH LOVE
AND IT DESTROYED EVERYTHING
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