Second to None
By: Charles Giuliano - Jul 13, 2021
Second to None
No matter what I did
Always someone better
Whipped and bloddied
Got my licks in to be sure
Gave as good as I got
Stood my ground
Through thick and thin
Perhaps in aggregate
Sum of all disappointments
Trashed and dashed
Dunned and shunned
Slammed and bambed
Now and then a winner
Alone on the podium
Though never enough
Little glimpses of glory
Slices and slivers
Glittering glimmers
Flash and dash
Adds up to something
Life in the arts
In the room with giants
Toe-to-toe with betters
Top guns
Deadly sharp shooters
Poking and probing
Kind of makes me something
Maybe even a contendah
Never took no fall
Hanging in there
Rope a dope
Going nine rounds
With heavyweights
Now and then a TKO
But no lights out
All those heroes
Rusty dusty
Last man standing
Counts for something
Or maybe nothing
Running the numbers
Who keeps score
Lashed to the wheel
Through the perfect storm
More dope than hope
Total gonzo
Them's no lie
Yo Mo'foe