The most interesting topic to date. A word with history.

Phalanx at the hedge,
Grown abatis buys you time,
Anticipated.

“Turn. Run. Live.”

“Achilles’ heel was,
Oddly his “Achilles Heel”,
Chicken or egg first?”

“Startled hedge conceals,
Stubbed phalanx, pain’s surprise bursts,
Nature’s sharp embrace.”

Nature’s sharp embrace,
Attraction for selfish need,
Thorns, don’t touch the rose.