PLAYER
Muscles flexed
waiting
for the competition to pounce
Lips drawn taut
over gritted teeth
resolved
nostrils flared
(they will NOT win!)
Myopic mind
fighting even to the last second
if only for a taste
of that final chance for
SWEET VICTORY
K.Tate Jacoby
copyright February 1981
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