The Prince and the Popper

Prince Pierre of Monaco
and several of his friends
are nursing sores
and broken jaws
They won’t party
here again

Adam Hock, a footballer,
was drinking with three friends
who looked like “Charlie’s angels”
with designer made rear ends.

The Prince, perhaps a little juiced,
and fond of lovely things,
got over friendly with the girls.
(another sport of kings)

When Adam gave the Prince a Pop
Pierre will long recall,
His three friends assaulted Mr. Hoch
and each one took the fall.

Mr. Hoch is middle aged,
but all American.
Four French were not his equal.-
He could have handled ten.

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Duckie
lol...very good
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Marie
A great story, finely narrated and penned with your delightful sense of wit and humour John. I like the simplicity of the write, it is most appealing. Thank you very much for sharing. Blessings always.....
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Lynda Robson
ha ha, loved this tale and the way you related it, :)
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patspoems
Great story John I love it when the bully gets his comeuppance..... Pat
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poetwithcancer
The sport of kings, eh? Well then, for some time in my life, I was a king. // You are a good story teller. I wish you could be my biographer. // Your title is witty and draws the readers in, as a fish lure draws fish. // I do have a bit of French blood in me, by the way. But that's okay. With all the patchwork of different bloods in me, after all, I'm a red-blooded American. --Michael. Thursday-2-23-2012 1:58 AM PST
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John X. McCullagh
This is right off the NYC police blotter. four men, each half his age, lost a brawl to a 47 year old unarmed man who likewise had been drinking. He was seated when they approached. they should have consulted Monty Python and the holy grail for tactics. either use the holy hand grenade or run away. I advise run away.
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Kendzi
Ha ha! I wouldn't advice you to play Mr. Hoch in real life setting though!
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Debs
That was a quite a party nice one and for Mr. Hoch he sure did well.
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narain, jay p.
Nice story
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Jenny Gordon
Yowser, what a stupidity. That's too good Mr. Hock/ch was amply able to preserve his ladies' dignity against inebriated Frenchmen, royalty at that. Its genuine? What a tale! Beautifully conveyed with excellent imagery. Simply and plainly presented, too good. I like it.
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