1. Fights begin and end with handshakes.
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2. The words he said, too, must be human enough to bleed.
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3. A poet could kill the dead.
Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
4. How can I stand before you in silent symbols with open palms?
Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
5. If pain is a pot of boiling water, humor can be the rising steam.
Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
6. Poets, like fighters, both reap the benefits of roadwork.
Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet
7. We give up our backs and allow religious myths to apply the rear naked choke to our minds.
Caged: Memoirs of a Cage-Fighting Poet