Unfinished Business

In this maddening heat 
      of the prizefight
where ferocity reigns and 
      might is right,
the shrewder one may yet 
      triumph tonight.


For even the best can be 
      at his worst
and the last can still 
      outlast the first,
but either way it goes, 
      egos burn and burst.


Victor and vanquished 
     will stay remorseless;
they'll fight again till 
     they'll be both lifeless;
for to fight and win is an 
     unfinished business !
Copyright © | Year Posted 2008

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