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The Price of Things

Banging restlessly against the cage
Harassing Him with menacing glares,
Displaying the ferocity of a pent up rage

For all the madness that lingers,
Aggression will be his undoing,

'Yarlung Valley, Tibet," by Kate Pri . Hiding beneath a camouflaged hide,

phy First Place Winner isby, IS the 2004 Photogra- Withdrawing to abate His peering eyes,
Conforming to popular opinions e,ver
changing tide,

After all of the striving to fit in,

Conformity will be the death of him.

Stalking frantically to and fro,

Peering through the contemptuous shrills of awe,

When all th h" Analyzing the influx of the statuS qUO,
e searc lng ends in a Iost cause, Impatience was his untlm" e Iy flaw

H e watc hes gleefully with a supeno"r smirk
Controlling the autonomy of Their lives,

Reveling in delight while gawking at His work,
Overt arrogance on display, Pride has numbered his days.

-Robert J. Bieschke

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