The Sheik Tugboat Story - PART 8
PART 8
The next day
Wrestling Challenge
In the squared circle
Battle Kat
The Flying Feline
Looking for an opportunity
Wanting to become
A Star
Make an impact
Become the figurative cat’s meow
Facing off with
An enhancement talent
Flying
Running
Rolling
Striking
Evading
Very talented
Midway through the fight
One sided by the Kat
Out comes
The Fearsome Foursome
Of course
The Iraqi Warship
Leads the way
Championship
Over the shoulder
The Sarge
With a bag
In his clenched right hand
The champ
Slowly
But with a purpose
Climbs the steps
Practically stomping
And enters the ring
The enhancement talent
Decided voluntarily
To take the L
Running away
A countout loss
The J-O-B
The champ
And his cohorts
Bulldoze themselves
To the center of the ring
The General screaming
Yelling
Bordering on insanity
Demanding the mic
From the Fink
Once given up
The Sheik
Headdress perfectly placed
A look of disgust
Upon his face
Starts to speak
To the WWF public
“The World Wrestling Federation
Refuses to give me respect
Give me props
Their refusal
Has forced me to
TAKE OVER
AND DOMINATE
Ask the Warrior
Ask Nikolai Volkoff
Ask Hacksaw Jim Duggan
ASK MEAN GENE OKERLUND
I will rule the WWF
With an Iraqi
Iron
Fist
And I know
That when the Hulkster
Your American hero
Goes down in defeat
The destruction of
Hulkamania’s demise
At WrestleMania
There will be NOTHING
To stop us
NO ONE
To upend me
NO WAY
To eliminate my title reign
Because after March 24
All of you wil
Be forced to realize
TUGBOAT
AKBAR!”
The Colonel
And the Sarge
Clap in approval
The General
Ranting and raving
The Sheik
Stoic and serious
Scowl on his face
BUT WAIT
Just as quick
As the rant finished
Right in front of
The Fearsome Foursome
BATTLE KAT
He never left the ring
He stayed in the corner
Quiet
Cunning
Biding his time
Now he is in the face
Of the champ
And the entire army
The fans are excited
Could this Kat
Take down the Superior
Iraqi Warship?
The Battle Kat
Takes his boot
The proverbial claw
And drags it horizontally
The proverbial line in the sand
The Sheik looks stunned
Perturbed
A little amused even
The Tugger removes his headdress
Takes his Prisoner of War
The WWF championship
Off his shoulder
Down to the canvas
He signaled
The Sarge
The Colonel
The General
All vamoose
The Tugger signals again
A motion
A non-verbal “Bring it on”
The feline obliged
And with all 9 lives
Went all in
The Sheik threw a haymaker
DUCKED
Kick
Kick
Kick
A bounce off the ropes
Front dropkick
Back off the ropes
The Sheik throws a line
DUCKED
The Kat comes back off
Sheik throws another one
DUCKED
Roll under
Quick like a cat
One more bounce back
Another front dropkick
The Sheik looks a little stunned
Quickly
Battle Kat springs to the top
And flies
Claws out
Body extended
Cross body block
CAUGHT
BIG POWERSLAM
The feline lost six lives
The champ bounces off
Comes back
Jumping
Up high
Full extension
BIG SPLASH
Two more lives gone
Suddenly the Sarge
Opens the bag
Hands the item to the General
Adnan holding up
For Tugboat to see
A YELLOW SHIRT?
The Sheik grabs it
Which leads to a
Discovery moment
For all the fans
Grasping in shock
A HULK RULES shirt
The Tugger looks down
The Battle Kat
Prone
Vulnerable
Smushed
Bordering on lifeless
The Sheik takes the shirt
Draped over
The poor feline’s carcass
Sheik gets enraged
A bounce off the ropes
Jump high
Legs extended
LEGDROP
Crushed
Flattened
The end of the Battle Kat
A round of applause
From the Army
As the Tugger picks up
His WWF championship
Stands over
An upstart
Now downtrodden
Dream
Over
As the Sheik reigns
SUPREME
First the American flag
Now a HULK RULES shirt
What level will
This Warship
Not stoop?
The war isn’t over
Not even close
But the Sheik Tugboat
Has won another battle
He is in firm control
Of his own
DESTINY.
Jon Harder
