The Challenge

THE CHALLENGE It was just him and me, it was dark Crane in the park Oh it wasn’t the Cienfuegos great ***** Who could arm wrestle for three days or so But it was male-to-male, that’s all: Staring eyeball to eyeball. I’d been there before - it made me think Who would be the first to blink? He had just arrived from Spain An adult male crane He said nothing but I could read his proud thought. His unflinching eye said to me Can you navigate 6000 miles over the sea At night without any instrument? Can you undergo four days torment Without water or food, Regardless of weather or mood? I blinked.