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April 6, 2022 at 3:47pm
April 6, 2022 at 3:47pm
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Hero

Resolute, steadfast and true,
Horatius holds the bridge,
Etruscan assault thwarted,
Until Rome stands ready.

Who today bars the way
when the hordes arise
and fingers hover ready
to initiate the end?



Line count: 8
Free verse
For Express It In Eight, 04.06.22
Prompt: Resolute.


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