Mr Mascellani's Musings

Bashed, bloodied, and broken,
Big Red, “The Champ, fumbles around the ring
in what will be his last fight.
The human crowd cheers and waves wads of dollars
as the newcomer, the challenger, Goliath the Rooster
swipes his razor sharp spurs across Big Red’s eyes.
A scream, almost too human, hurls out from the champ’s throat:
It sounds akin to a mutilated soldier crying out for his mother.
Goliath knows no, shows no mercy.
He goes all out in a furious frenzy.
Blood and feathers fly.
He breaks Big Red’s bones,
punctures his lungs,
pierces his heart,
brings the gift of death to the old fight-weary champ.
His human scoops Big Red up from the ground
as the dollars start to pass from hand to hand.