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Adrian Matejka, Poet Laureate of the state of Indiana, 2018 to 2019. Reciting "Mouth Fighting," a poem from his volume "The Big Smoke," 2013. On the projection screen behind Mr. Matejka is a video clip of a Jack Johnson versus Tommy Burns boxing match. The fighters are clinch fighting while the referee stands watching every move.

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Johnson throws a punch. Burns backs off, and they clinch again, pushing and pulling, see-sawing, side to side.

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In the clinch, Johnson lobs jabs and punches at Burns as they grapple, jerk, and sway.

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Burns delivers undercuts as he pushes Johnson toward the ropes.

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They grapple, clinched in a standoff, pushing back and forth. They turn in a circle as one unit, one organism, grappling and clinching.

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Johnson throws a hard punch, and lunges toward Burns as he pulls away. Johnson is victorious. Some spectators climb over the ropes and land on the mat. Johnson walks calmly across the ring.