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I looked like a living tank – an impenetrable fortress –

equipped not only with armor,

but with a horn-shaped head,

a wonder of self-defense.

But, like Achilles, we all have our heel.

And mine was, precisely, that portentous shaft

that became the target of greed,

of absurd superstition.

In spite of my tremendous muscles,

in many pictures I show myself crying

because since then I already knew

I would be one of the first species to go extinct.

They say the best defense is a good offense,

but in my serenity of peaceful monk I never believed it.

Now it's too late to regret it.