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.
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