Welcome to the Colosseum <br />Where pain is pleasure and it is our pleasure to be of service <br />Lay back on the rack <br />The waxing poetics are hot and the iced humor is very dry <br />The fence sitter splinters are sharp but the elitist tongues are sharper <br />There are many painful pleasures which abound <br />We guarantee your total satisfaction <br />Or we'll give you fifty lashes of your back for free <br />For no one ever enters with a smile <br />Who doesn't leave here with a grimace <br /> <br /> <br />(2007)<br /><br />Ted Sheridan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-forum/
