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Fight or Flight

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Dendra D.M.July 5, 2016

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Fight or flight

tanka poem by: Dendra D.M.

@Dendra_dm

Romanticizing

We would all do the greatest

In the face of trials

But only a few embrace

Traits which conquer fears and pains

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Meticulous animal, chaotic philosopher.

A middle-distance runner and a poet in a never-ending quest of becoming a better man.

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