To fix a headlock on a br metaphor, or br clamp a full nelson on a br br simile, body slam a weak br double-entendre & br choke the life out of a br br forced rhyme. To get a toe hold on a br trochee, apply an br armlock that brings a br br cliche to its knees, dropp an elbow on br trite alliteration, or br execute a powerbomb as easily as br br coining a phrase. To lay the smackdown on br doggerel, and fling a br timeworn platitude from the ring, bridge br br out of a writer's br block, pin br down br br that cringing flowery sentiment & br celebrate that br seamless rhyme as the br br referee slaps the br mat with that triplet coda & br calls for the bell br br fresh and sharp as a sapling sprouting new br looming over your flattened foe br as the oak stands awesome and true. br br Poetry and wrestling, each an art br not easily mastered, br like shaping a schooner from fresh-cut wood br or a god from alabaster.