After the House Show

Randy “Macho Man” Savage: I am the cream, yeah, the cream of the crop. And there is no-one that does it better than the Macho Man Randy Savage! On balance, off balance, doesn't matter...I'm on my way, and nothing is gonna stop me. Nothing's gonna stop me.

“Mean” Gene Okerlund: You know, just out of curiosity, Randy, and I certainly don't want to diminish your tremendous God given talents, but I'm very curious. I haven't seen Elizabeth lately.

Randy “Macho Man” Savage: Yeah. She's on the outside of the ring.

-from May 11th, 1987 post-match interview, Oakland Coliseum (Oakland, CA)

Miss Elizabeth was his
manager before he got Macho
a spandex cowboy in love with     

a Miss a feral animal with a hulk 
so strong he had to tear 
his shirt off so strong

he had to fight over her weekly
from city to city she kept her name
when he found another

sensational                               
                      she came back
to be his Miss

only after he was left            
by the one used in her place
but she dropped Miss

never hers to keep Miss passed first
by accident leaving her animals to roam
searching

for a reason
to fight over a name 
never ours to use

STEVEN HOLLANDER is a poet and prose writer based in Chicago, IL. His work has been published by OPOSSUM and Punt Volat.