Thursday, October 13, 2011

the ten dollar wrestler


10 dollar wrestler
low on the card
blood lank hair
blackened eye

payday reluctantly pulled
from deep in the till
two crumpled fives

swollen fist shoved

soft left nostril dabs
slow the red trickle
hurting...beat...hoping
to be booked next week
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12 comments:

  1. Juice BoxOctober 13, 2011 at 4:32 PM

    A really vivid picture Ollie!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 13, 2011 at 5:32 PM

    Ha ha awesome!

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  3. ZouxzouxNovember 20, 2011 at 10:24 AM

    I agree with Juice - vividly written!

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  4. indiwriterNovember 20, 2011 at 12:08 PM

    The 10 dollar wrestler rocks!

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  5. Old RavenNovember 20, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    I like your wrestler. Wonderful pictures, few words!

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  6. Laura MariaNovember 20, 2011 at 3:31 PM

    Nice one!

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  7. Judy RoneyNovember 20, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    What a sad tale and a wonderful poem! Thank you for sharing this scene.

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  8. Maxwell Mead Williams Robinson BarryNovember 20, 2011 at 11:22 PM

    love this.

    :)

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  9. rchNovember 21, 2011 at 9:57 AM

    Hey OO great imagery and nice bit of hope at the end. The wrestling hall of fame is next door to my diner and Paul Bearer (former Undertaker manager) was there, my wife got an autographed photo with him.

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  10. NeniNovember 22, 2011 at 7:30 AM

    what an issue! I think not many people have ever written a poem about wrestler... interesting.. :)

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  11. Mary B. MansfieldNovember 25, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    I love seeing poems written on a different kind of subject. Gotta echo what everyone else has been saying, the imagery in this poem is so vivid!

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  12. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 12:34 AM

    ten dollar wrestler is a sad pathetic concept and person

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