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'The Rose of the Ring'

By soosoncrack

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In the red corner black trunks trimmed in white The big bad bully "just call me Dolomite" In the blue corner lacy white trunks with tan He's the "Rose of the Ring" Stewart the sweet smellin' man The fighters met in the ring both jabbing and moving Dolomite was tough and Stewart's smell was behooving Before each fight while Stewart was alone He'd use half a bottle of his favorite cologne On his way to the ring all his adoring fans Would scream and cheer and wave deodorant cans But on this evening versus the "evil" Dolomite He'd run out of "Old Spice" it was an "Aqua Velva" night Stewart got pummelled the first couple of rounds His cologne attracting "Poodles" instead of the desired "Bloodhounds" Late in the fight a bottle flew into the ring "Stew" took a splash from the bottle and started to swing As the bell rang to start the final round "Old Spice" was in the air Dolomite was on the ground eak © 2000 Written November 17th, 2001 © on Nov 17 2001 12:39 AM PST   0 • 14

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