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Beaten By The Belle

Of a sudden I see stars

I can barely utter a vowel

I'm down on bended knee

Trainer threw in the towel

 

That's what Bertha did to me

Her beauty rained right hooks

Love peppering me with jabs

Knocked out cold by her looks

 

She didn't pull her punches

Her uppercuts thrown at will

She trapped me on the ropes

Bertha's big punches can kill

 

They carried me...

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The Beast Does What Tyson Once Did

as hard as I fight

as far as Type-One technology has come

between jabs, he bites off part of your ear

 

it’s the diabolical nature of The Beast

 

constantly check my number

consistently count my carbs

carefully calculate my dose 

 

still, at times, I drop urgently low 

and my body, so bitter 

wants to surrender the KO

 

But again, I demand, “stand before t...

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