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To catch a man

Choose your prey wisely

By David AlemanPublished 11 months ago 1 min read

To catch a man

To catch a man

Who said he can

You need a man who could

To catch a man

Who said he did!

You need a man who would

To be this man

Who said he can

You have to be so vain

To be this man

Who did and ran

You have to be insane

I was this man

Who did and ran

I did it for the fame

To catch this man

“It’s me, I ran !”

We need to start a game

I am this man

I have the need

To win the game we play

I am this man

I have to fight

To survive another day

To catch this man

You must be this man

And get inside his head

To catch this man

I am this man

You have to want me …dead.

performance poetry

About the Creator

David Aleman

I am a tired, middle aged man. Artistic and sporty but broken and bruised.

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