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Sunday, June 18

Wrestling Tanka - Set Twelve

[From Hollywood]
Andy Kaufman lived
his dream; his satisfied corpse
decays in a grave.

Art school hipsters still wonder
if he was mad - pure kayfabe.
~~~~~~~
[Abdullah]
Mrs. A. Butcher
proudly sewed her man's name on
his ring clothes; we booed.

Over hotel phones, he'd speak
words we thought impossible.
~~~~~~~
[Harley Race's Stab Wound]
Harley Race never
saw the coward who stabbed him,
'till they held him down.

Looking down at the spoils of
success, Race had no regrets.
~~~~~~~
[The Nature Boy]
Flair entered the bar;
females were assured but drinks
had to be ordered.

Zinfandels for the ladies,
vodka on ice for The Champ.
~~~~~~~
[Art Imitates Life]
Godzilla versus
Megalon was booked well; Jet
Jaguar worked light.

Godzilla turned face with age -
pop culture hotshot angle.
~~~~~~~
[Triple H's Teacher]
Killer Kowalski
could work a crowd, but couldn't
face his own baldness.

Stomping on local heroes,
the sweat high on his forehead.
~~~~~~~
[Nickname]
"Beautiful" wrestlers
aren't on the outside, but they
are full of our dreams.

We smile at our ol' lady
without bleached blonde confidence.

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