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by Roscoe Author IconMail Icon
Rated: 13+ · Poetry · Contest · #1253143
an epic entry for Paige's Movie Mania Madness competition #112
Film Titles which must be used: Gladiator - Spartacus - The Last Emperor - Kingdom of Heaven - Gangs of New York

Rome burns



The Last Emperor, with his reign nearly over
Paced the floor in a foul mood and a toga
He yelled, "Tell Anthony I will call to see him
In the V.I.P. lounge at the Coliseum!
How dare he order guards to arrest my Lisa!"
(It was a mistake, Mark had merely called out, "Caesar!"
But it's the kind of thing that can happen when you fail
To preface your greeting of 'Caesar' with a 'Hail')

He continued to yell, "Verily, Mark's a wuss!"
And "I hatest that Mark even more than Spartacus!"
As he fumed Lisa entered the Kingdom of Heaven
She'd been flung into cells with Christians and shriven
And then tossed in the arena and got chewed by a lion
(But since she was Saved she didn't mind dying)

When he found out, the Emperor was distraught
Mark went on the lam but was eventually caught
And given two Chinese burns of considerable torque
(A favourite, I believe, of the Gangs of New York)

Patting the lion, Mark smiled like an alligator
And said, "I never liked Lisa. I'm Gladiator."












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