machismo stands six foot seven
weighs two eighty seven
flicks toothpicks
into the faces of mathematicians
keeps an extra ear-perched
struts swarthy slicks hair
gold adorned broad shouldered
poses like an unmartyred Christ
smacks the backs of heads
tosses a jobber with the caress
of a straight razor’s edge
machismo sits
in a jagged narrow room
unlit by the solitude of dark
with a sigh it awaits the day
alas at last
he can be forgot.
Sameer Saklani is a Supervillain who dons a metal mask with a face unseen and hails from a place where the sun don’t gleam. Being accompanied to the ring by his feline manager, Maddie, he is the reigning, defending, undisputed, undefeated Heavyweight Champion of the World. Step aside, booker man, all shoot, he’s going over.
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