if you are a tree
I'll be the poison in your roots
if you are a mouse
I'll be the owl that swoops
poet
rival
each knows this
each one has his nemesis
rats have cats,
and cats have fleas,
and fleas have fleas unceasing
a plague-bearer to tear you down
and choke your useless breathing
whatever you are
I can see your corruption
whatever you are
I can cause it destruction
hide as a fish
I've a net for your kind
hide in the dark
I'm a snake that hunts blind
but to cheat Nemesis
there's just one thing to do:
stand forth as a man -
I won't recognise you.
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