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the fight went on for hours turning them battered and bruised,
as each kept the strength to stand and giving up was refused,
so much money and so much was riding on this fight,
as they kept going while lit by each car headlight,
another hit to the head turned one dazed for his stand,
as the other shook off the pain in his right hand,
with one eye so puffed he couldn't see him come,
falling back to lean against the burning oil drum,
thinking of a strategy the weakening man talks,
as the other listens from his dancing steps he walks,
he speaks of the other fighting for his loving girl,
as the thoughts of her begin to swirl,
then he whispers about her only caring about his money,
as the other laughs a little thinking it is funny,
but deep down inside he knows he is correct,
with this moment he gets knocked out with a right hook to connect,
laying in the dirt with his mind still going over the pain,
as he lost in this fight with something left to gain.