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King of the Ring
(for Mohamed Ali)

Your sunny story won't be forgotten
Not then, not now, not tomorrow
Your name talks about rare fame.

The legend of the ring
Your steps are like music to the soul
Sounds of a violin, pure and clear.

A tale of the king of the ring
So many heroes have followed
Your fighting dance, a good romance.

The greatest, the fiercest
At the time there were immortals
The boxing domain missed you.

Blows with the strength of a gale
The mind games, the hardest blow
Like an arrowed bird, his opponent fell.

Sixty-one bloody fights
Super warrior, thirty-seven flights
The critics took five, glorious glory.

Years have passed, the ring
remembers you, the greatest,
The ring waits for your rebirth.

© Habakkuk Kargbo (Rabbi)