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Wrestling just

ain’t what

it used to be.

I remember the legends:

Chief Jay Strongbow, Andre the Giant,

Freddie Blassie, Bruno Sammartino,

Don Leo Jonathan, Killer Kowalski,

the Valiant Brothers, Bobo Brazil

and on and on

these were guys—

nay these were men

that had some real wars;

real bloodbaths

and it was always funny

when a match was stopped

due to excessive bleeding

the wrestler would protest

the big line was,

“I’ve been cut worse shaving.”

I can bleed some more

Now as a polytheist pagan

who likes ritualistic violence

I don’t accept the notion

of stopping a match

because of excessive bloodshed

the wrestler wants to continue

and the crowd is

basically a bunch

of sick, twisted, bloodthirsty morons

and me

so let the match go on

but to the guys that say

they’ve been cut worse shaving

might I make

a small suggestion:

you really ought

consider growing a beard

It’ll reduced your risk

of tetanus, gangrene

& you’ll feel

a whole hell

of a lot better

not losing the blood

so unnecessarily

8-15-95