Starrcade ‘96

Amanda Harris
Jul 24, 2017 · 1 min read

1

The Villain stands
on one bad leg,
suplexes the Giant
and stares at the
audience, looking
for the small girl.

2

The small girl
doesn’t exist,
the Hero says
before entering
the ring.

3

I have wrestled
for titles. I have
wrestled an “I Quit”
match. I have
wrestled for women.
I have wrestled
with a dog collar
wrapped around my neck.

4

Forget about the
small girl, says
the New World Order.

5.

There is the man
with the bad leg,
Bobby Heenan says,
announcing that
the Villain had won.

— Poetry

Amanda Harris

Written by

Author of Rage (Penguin, 2015). Author of #bagpipecity (Penguin, 2016). Author of No Surrender (Penguin, 2017).

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