poised

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where the opposition striker was	poised	bam on side game over
turquoise and garnet beside boats	poised	to slither down wooden ramps
thirty pencils measured and shaded	poised	and drew paused and restarted
i realise that i was	poised	at a frontier whose exploration
on helplessly at his son	poised	between life and death roberto
leopard skin handbag she then	poised	the inky tip with its
temp of 103 and was	poised	ready for admission to hospital
the line my pen stays	poised	to catch one when it
so although dr simpson looks	poised	to break that duck dr