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State Championship (Sijo)
December 11, 2018
Thirteen thousand people
anticipate a fight.
I run towards the mat, composed.
I see the pressure setting in him
like a wave of doubt and fear.
Yet, I’m as calm as can be.
© Stephanie D., Greenbrier, AZ
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This piece was about when I walked out onto the mat for my first state title