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Entries to Express It In Eight from September 2020 to the present .
The number of poems enforces the use of blog format with ten poems per page.
January 12, 2023 at 10:36am
January 12, 2023 at 10:36am
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Figure in western dress armoured with breastplate and mask.


Cuirass

Like knights of old in a brutal age,
Ned Kelly armoured against firearms,
unrepentant under the Australian sun,
or West World androids at high noon
full metal jackets defending their aim,
programmed for fun but ready for war,
iconic heroes in new-fangled gear,
they live by the gun and die by it too.



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 01.12.23
Prompt: As per illustration.



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