June 19, 2010
a catalogue of fear, 10
He wanted me to flip him, so I flipped him. Problem was, as soon as I did, everything shifted. I can look back now and figure it out — I was smaller than him, he was a tough kid. For an hour he insisted my ass was his to kick, would mother fucking kill me. When at last he showed his hand, relaxed came back in force, the problem was that was the moment that hit me.
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Countervening calmness. When they grow calm. DO NOT LET UP YOUR GUARD.
The power of concession in physical terms. I have known people who try very hard to engineer the entire stage, and the drama played upon it–in which they show the restraint and force with which they knew they would win out against all the enemies of the past.