The Brawl

For the moment I merely watched him Running back and forth in his home I am patient you see I am full of time plenty I am the sly one in the darkness and I am hungry So I waited, all day I waited, All night I waited, I waited, waited, waited And in the morning he came out of his house I waited no more I struck like a black bolt of lightning streaking down from the heavens As if Death itself had ripped across space to sever everything with its scythe I screamed down from heaven and struck Only to find him leaping up and over me To tumble in the air and land behind me I landed in a crouch... Peering around over my shoulder I gleamed at him He for his sake I saw glaring back at me balefully with eyes and one hand beckoning me I snarled Spun around and lashed out with my whip as I did He ducked it, With the speed of sound my fist struck him He blocked it Out came my foot, and then the other He evaded the first, and caught the second I rolled and struck him across his face with the first Again I landed on my feet He staggered back and with a back flip he was ready once more... He wiped his nose with one hand Bade me come at him again with the other A sly half grin on his lips I charged this impudent fool Changed direction, spun around Out came my whip Out came my foot And he leaped over my whip Flipped between my foot And struck me twice with his own light kicks to the face meant to shock me more than hurt me We parted and circled each other Looking for openings in the other's defenses And there because I am patient I found it A chink in his armour of skill and technique He was mine Again I rushed him in one smooth fluid motion Twin kicks, the whip, my fists, and head butt, knees and elbows In blinding fury, speed and in the space between thought it was over... He retreated blocking the kicks, Ducking the whip, Avoiding the fists left then right Catching the head butt in his hands Countering the knees with his knees The elbows with his elbows And then... He did the impossible He Defeated me Rolling backwards he slammed my head into the wall, Sliding from beneath my crumpling body with his feet To stand ready inches from my limping body I remember thinking then as my eyes closed to the world "That's one damn tough hamster," I get out of the Kitty Clinic in two days I want a rematch