When I was very young,
a "rough-and-tumbler," as you called me
kicking up dust, invigorated with the spark of the eyes
and the strong fists and the fearless bravado of youth,
I couldn't have known.
But then, one day, when I realized I was taller
than I once was, and the dust had settled around me,
and the lion in my heart had taught himself to behave,
I
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