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 Opposing pawns have barbed arms
 to hook and hold their enemies.
 
 They care nothing for long travel.
 I am about to happen. Their
 
 job is to attack outsiders—
 the fittest win. This evolved—one
 
 must win. My molecular chain’s
 first initials will read ATC-
 
 ACT, which is: adenine,
 cytosine, etc.—gumbo
 
 made by armies battling to enter
 a soft egg. I curl up and sleep
 
 to make the Great Nothing happen.
 When I wake I fret, strut, destroy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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