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Poems Strictly Using 1980’s Action Stars’ Movie Titles:   “Van Damme IT”   A poem using Jean-Cladue Van Damme movie titles   The impressive ‘Double Impact’ creates a ‘ BloodSport' ,   Can you beat the ‘ Double Team’ and hit the ‘ Hard Target’ in ‘Sudden Death’ ? That is ‘The Quest’ ,   When there is ‘ Nowhere to Run’ from a ‘Kickboxer’ you must ‘Knock Off’ the ‘Street Fighter’ ,   When ‘ The Order’ is ‘Maximum Risk’ will the ‘Cyborg’ sign your ‘Death Warrant’ ?   Or will you have the ‘Time Cop’ to train like a ‘Universal Solder’ and display the ‘Lionheart’ of a true ‘Legionnaire’ ?!   Let the battle cry ring out through the ‘Desert Heat’ until the ‘Universal Solders: Return’ , “ No Retreat No Surrender !!!”             

Poems Strictly Using 1980’s Action Stars’ Movie Titles: “Grievin’ Steven” A poem using Steven Seagal movie titles When you live ‘Abovethe Law‘ time can seem ‘ Hard to Kill’ , But before the ‘ Ticker’ on the clock strikes ‘Half Past Dead’ you must make the ‘Executive Decision’ , Do you remain ‘ On Deadly Ground’ , ‘Under Siege’ and ‘Marked for Death’ by ‘ The Foreigner’ ?! Or do you ignite the ‘Fire Down Below’ and illuminate the ‘Dark Territory’ to find the ‘Exit Wounds’ , Sparked by the glimmer in the eye of ‘ The Patriot’ , For ‘ The Glimmer Man’ can never be extinguished!!  

Poems Strictly Using 1980’s Action Stars’ Movie Titles: “Loosey Goosey Busey” A poem using Gary Busey movie titles Ahem, This is not ‘The Buddy Holly Story’ , but no ‘ Foolin’ Around’ , it is a story about a buddy, When a man looks deep in to the ‘Eye of the Tiger’ he may feel ‘Under Siege’ , But the point is to never reach the ‘Breaking Point’ , for that may cause a ‘Point Break’ , When the ‘Hider in the House’ turns out to be the ‘Man with a Gun’ , nay! A ‘ Lethal Weapon’ , Then one must stand in the ‘Drop Zone’ and stop running from the ‘Chasers’ , Fear not the ‘Silver Bullet’ , for then and only then is one truly ‘ Bulletproof’ , Even ‘Angels Hard asThey Come’ know that ‘Surviving The Game’ means seeing this fact,   Sometimes even the 'Rookie of the Year’ can be the ‘Predator 2’ .  

Poems Strictly Using 1980’s Action Stars’ Movie Titles: “Never Pipe Down” A poem using Roddy Piper's movie titles Ahem, A man may never forget his ‘ First Encounter’ with a ‘Hard Time’ , Being a ‘Marked Man’ marks ‘ No Contest’ when life gives you a ‘ Body Slam’ , When even your ‘Shepherd’ turns the ‘ Lights Out’ and leads you with a ‘Blind Eye’ through the ‘Jungleground’ to fight an ‘ Alien Opponent’ , A mere mortal now immersed in an ‘Immortal Combat’ as if warped through ‘The Portal’ into ‘A Gothic Tale’ , ‘The Takeaway’ is ‘Don’t Look Back’ when ‘Hell Comes to Frogtown’ , One must empty ‘The Bad Pack’ of past ashes into the ‘Dead Tides’ and uphold the ‘Honor’ that others will toast a ‘Domestic Import’ to, Feel he ‘Terminal Rush’ from deep within that lifts you ‘Backin Action’ and be the ‘Last to Surrender’ , Because those people, those people, my friend, ‘They Live’ ,  

Game Changer If I have to hear one more person use ‘game changer’ to describe something that has nothing to do with a game or a change I am going to puke on my own face.   This phrase used to be rightfully relegated to sports, used for example, to describe a pick six in football or a 4-point play in basketball.   Then the phrase began making its way in to ads to try and sell everything from cars to tampons.   Then it must have been used in a Sex and the City movie or something because now every basic chick on the planet uses the phrase to describe her new boyfriend.   News flash ladies, he’s not a game changer, he’s a loser you met on Tinder who is going to start phasing you out as soon as the sex becomes boring or a prettier girl swipes right.     Random This word has been overused since the early 2000’s when everyone on the planet decided to adopt it as the key adjective used to describe their personality.   It is also used routinely by...