Glamourous
THEY DOUBTED HIM WHEN HE STARTED OUT
THEY SAID HE WOULD NEVER AMOUNT TO NOTHING
THEY LOOKED RIGHT PAST HIM IN THE TRY OUTS
THEY SAID HE WAS A WASTE OF TIME
SOMEONE SPOKE OF HIM AS TRASH( HE HEARD IT)
HE REMEMBERS CRYING TO HIS WIFE ABOUT
NOT MAKING THE TEAM
SHE LEFT HIM FOR THE GUY WHO CAME IN LAST
HE LOST HIS FIRST OPPOTUNITY AT BEING CHAMPION
AND WHEN THE CHAMPIONSHIP COMMITY REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE HIUM AS
NUMBER CONTENDER
HE JUST LOOKED AT WHAT THEY WERE DOING
AND CAME UP WITH SOMETHING TO MAKE A WORLD SEE
JUST HOW PEOPLE REALLY WERE.
THEY REFUSED TO LET HIM BE TOURNAMENTS
THEY CHANGED THE NAME OF THE COMPANY AND DIDN'T TELL HIM
WHEN HE WAS ON TELEVISION SHOWS
THE HOST OFTEN KNEW MORE ABOUT WHAT WAS GOING ON THEN HE DID.
HE SAID AT TIMES ONLY LOOK IN THE MIRROR COULD
HAVE HIM RECOGNIZE THE MAN HE WAS
HE WON SIX TOURNAMENTS TO MAKE PROUD A COMPANY
WHO REFUSED TO PUT HIS NAME ON THE COMPANIES CHAMPION LIST
WHEN THE COMPANY EXPANDED INTO NEW MARKETS
THEY REFUSED TO TELL HIM WHERE HIS COMMUNACATION OFFICE WOULD BE.
HE MISSED TEN SHOWS ANDTHEY THREATENED TO STRIP HIM OF THE WORLDS TITLE
HE BEAT THE COMPANIES LEAD CONTENDER TO QUALIFY FOR THE OPPUTUNITY TO BE THE ONLY RECOGNIZED WORLDS CHAMPION IN NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA.
HE WON AND THE COMP[ANY TOOK BOTH BELTS AND MADE HIM CARRY A TROPHY AND A CARD BORAD SIGN SAYING HE WAS THE CHAMP.
WHEN THE TOLD HIM HE NEEDED TO LOSS TEN POUNDS TO FIUT INTO THE NEW HEAVYWEIGHT CLASS REQUIREMENTS
HE THROW THE TROPHY DOWN AND TORN THE CARDBOARD SIGN IN HALF,
AND WALKED AWAY.
Copyright © Allan Terry | Year Posted 2019
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