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To unpleach this one, read line 1,3,5,7 etc and then 2,4,6,8 etc. Should your eyes cross, read the key below instead!

POEM ONE.
The way of the dragon is coiled in the dark
In the curve of the shell, in opacity's mark
And the silence of matte and the absence of spark
Duality reigns in the dragon of skies
In the slitter of scales and the glowing of eyes
In the hush of the evening and at the sun's rise
The gaze of the dragon hypnotic and cold
For the dragon was born with a soul newly old
In the dragon is treasure to gather and hold
For the wisdom of dragons can never be told

POEM TWO.
The way of the dragon is torn from the light
In the rip as a comet goes flaring the bright
And the wondering gloried explosion of sight.
The east and the west are in wisdom and pain
From the blare of the sun to the greyness of rain
In singleness? loss; so duality's gain.
And the western folk shudder to mention the name
The heat of the heart is in purity's flame
Shall the wildernessed creature be ever to tame?
For the way of the dragon's not ours to reclaim.