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By Emmanuel Williams

May 21, 2026

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With arrows thick as pine branch

They shot him from the sky

Far from the gold in his vast crevasse

Unjust and cruel they cried

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Yes, they brought him down

And chained him near a lady

To keep her guarded by day

And leave her guarded by night

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And when the dragon dreamed he dreamed

And resumed his glorious flight

Through the legend of the dragon

Ancestor, Prince, and might!

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First he dreamed of gold

Of coin, and chain, and ring

Of chest, and mountain, and beauty

Of its shine, protection; his duty

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He dreamed of flight across the skies

Of the soar among the wind in his wings

How high he viewed all life and its lies

And how those creatures met their demise

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He dreamed he was the devil

The Serpent who tempted Eve

Away from intended blindness

For the sake of Eden’s keeping

Could it be the serpent had wings?

And was chained to the ground by possession?

A tool in the war with the Father,

By the liar who’s anti-creation?

It was nothing he wanted

He woke and he started

And burned the walls with his throat

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His ambition awoke

And he flew with chains unbroken

So then back to the floor he was wrote

And dragged five-fingered claws along the floor

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That night he dreamt sick

With the guilt in his dick

For moral concerns made him thick

With all he was thinking

And there no one preaching

He felt safe to climax his feelings

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He dreamt then of loyalty

Sprawled on his floor

Any mate, every date, reverie

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It left the beast open

To think ancient moments-

Ancestors found him in his dreams…

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An emperor’s court

A swordsman led more

Assembled in great Jade garden

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Asked aid for his people

And upon the king’s throne

Are dragons he seeks wisdom, hope from

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They all have a base and a head made of stone

Green concrete, dark, and bold

The emperor seeks them

Before his decision

Deliberates

Before any words…

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Then suddenly rises

And Samurai join him

Only one man, must truly die

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The rival clan

In China or Japan

You will all know the dragon’s command

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The dragon is luck

Every year coming up

And every year past

He did not come in last…

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But if you need to finish

Be rat, horse, or boar its…

A dragon who’s been in your corner

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Yes, all this he heard

In his dream so chained up

In his life so dreamed up

A beast all winged up

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And n0 where to go

But before you…

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