the Muhammad Ali of Techson Medical

Old Joe struts around
the Techson Medical Supply
production plant
proclaiming that he is
the Muhammad Ali of
this or that duty.

he uses Muhammad Ali
like other people
use the Cadillac or
Rolls Royce:

"i'm the Muhammad Ali
of suction dryers,"
he says
or
"i'm the Muhammad Ali
of drill pressers."

and he plays the part
well, shuffling
his feet in a little
dance or
boxing the old
1-2 combo into thin
air.

but what Old Joe's
neglected to
realize is that there's a
generation
of Trevor Berbick's
working at
Techson Medical Supply
just waiting to
take him on.

 

-published in Pemmican Press