I have long known of the existence
of tear-bottles in antique society,
but I have only recently discovered
that gladiator-sweat was widely
(and unsurprisingly) valued
as one a most powerful aphrodisiac.
(No mention has survived
of the rarer foreskin cheese.)
Could it have been collected in tiny bottles
for consumption by the super-rich ?
Or in handkerchieves ?
Or was it mixed with flour,
patted into raw mini-baps
for them to sniff
and lick and savour in erotic ease ?
Or was it sold (or even auctioned)
like modern wrestlers' jock-straps ?
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