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Dec 21, 2009
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fighter
A fighters tale
Hand is sore now
don’t feel good
Don’t want to go
another twelve
On the stool now
and glad to be
Look what fighting done for me
Head butts hurt
he looks so strong
Can’t get a glove
on him
He moves so fast
it’s hard to see
Look what fighting done for me
Trained so hard
time on the bag
Counting hours
until we fight
Inside the ring
is where I’m free
Look what fighting done for me
The bell rings
and it starts again
Do they see
how I hurt inside
As my punches
pass their vanity
Look what fighting done for me
push push
punch breath punch
push breath
punch see
head to head
punch duck
Can't see what fightings done for me
So the last bell
it starts to ring
And they rush
to claim our night
We get left with
the revere
Look what fighting done to me
— Roscoe Lane, Dec 21, 2009
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Critiques
weirdelf
16 years 5 months ago
and....?
Roscoe Lane
16 years 4 months ago
Why so
weirdelf
16 years 4 months ago
Well, not necessarily just about compression,
Roscoe Lane
16 years 4 months ago
Maybe i've failed
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