Poem: Paul Hertzog’s Score for Bloodsport

A poem about the music from Bloodsport. Yes.

He’s a school teacher now,
couldn’t get the Hollywood gigs.

But he wrote the music for
two films starring Jean Claude

Van Damme — and what did
you ever do? I nearly cry

with elation when I listen
to the music from Bloodsport,

when ‘Frank’ comes back
and the face of his girlfriend

is just a cake of pure joy.
Paul Hertzog’s music

the sweetest icing, the very
best frame for the picture.