The unwelcome suitor Despair stalks me like a spurned lover But I dodge, ignore and escape her Rounding corners Racing up alleys I never look back I am a spy eluding capture Racing tonight through Budapest Or is it Moscow Madrid Or Shanghai? I do not pause To catch my breath Or stop to see if I have lost her Knowing that stopping Is too much like dying Hesitating Too much like death I pull courage up And around my shoulders Until it flows like a cloak An undercover agent I dash forward A fool rushing in Or a wise man Simply unbowed | |
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