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Lucky Saint George	B
from his knight's saddle	C
could exactly evaluate	D
the strength and movements of the dragon	E
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the first principle of strategy	F
is to assess the enemy accurately	F
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Mr Cogito	D
is in a worse position	E
he sits in the low	G
saddle of a valley	F
covered with thick fog	H
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through fog it is impossible to perceive	I
fiery eyes	J
greedy claws	K
jaws	K
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through fog	H
one sees only	F
the shimmering of nothingness	L
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the monster of Mr Cogito	D
has no measurements	M
it is difficult to describe	N
escapes definition	E
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it is like an immense depression	E
spread out over the country	F
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it can't be pierced	D
with a pen	O
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with an argument	D
or spear	P
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were it not for its suffocating weight	D
and the death it sends down	Q
one would think	R
it is the hallucination	E
of a sick imagination	E
but it exists	S
for certain it exists	S
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like carbon monoxide it fills	T
houses temples markets	U
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poisons wells	V
destroys the structures of the mind	D
covers bread with mould	D
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the proof of the existence of the monster	W
is its victims	X
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it is not direct proof	Y
but sufficient	D
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reasonable people say	Z
we can live together	W
with the monster	W
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we only have to avoid	D
sudden movements	M
sudden speech	A2
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if there is a threat assume	B2
the form of a rock or a leaf	C2
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listen to wise Nature	W
recommending mimicry	F
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that we breathe shallowly	F
pretend we aren't there	D2
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Mr Cogito however	W
does not want a life of make believe	I
he would like to fight	D
with the monster	W
on firm ground	D
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so he walks out at dawn	E2
into a sleepy suburb	F2
carefully equipped	D
with a long sharp object	D
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he calls to the monster	W
on the empty streets	G2
he offends the monster	W
provokes the monster	W
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like a bold skirmisher	W
of an army that doesn't exist	D
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he calls	H2
come out contemptible coward	D
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through the fog	H
one sees only	F
the huge snout of nothingness	L
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Mr Cogito wants to enter	W
the uneven battle	F
it ought to happen	E
possibly soon	I2
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before there is	J2
a fall from inertia	K2
an ordinary death without glory	F
suffocation from formlessness	J2

Zbigniew Herbert

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