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A 14-Line Poem of the Wild Boar 
-Written on the 3rd Day of the Year of the Wild Boar, 1995

by Naoshi Koriyama (Japan)

My teeth I gnash

and clash

against the foe.

I swear even a bear I don’t fear.

With an object in my mind,

I dash, not looking behind.

With my stout snout I dig up a yam

by the side of a dam.

I leap before I look,

jumping over a brook.

I don’t care even if my enemy’s build is large.

Baring my tusks sharp, I charge.

With the jet of my fart

I dart.

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