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Entries in football (15)

Wednesday
Aug242011

Bell rung much?

Ask any former football star
how they anticipated the opening of the season
when the games mattered and the crowds roared.
Ah, the gifts September brings.

You'll hear his enduring enthusiasm
and see the tenacious glow of an
aging but still celebrated athelete.
If, that is, you can find one who still remembers things. 

Saturday
Jan222011

But what is dreaming

Overzealous guarding over
things they claim are theirs,
many-layered management,
oak desks and leather chairs,
business plans and powerpoint,
marketing to spare,
given to obsessive
detail-centric stares,
no apparent self reflection,
chasing thin forms of perfection,
hierarchic non-election,
ever more precise inspection.
Strangely twisted corporate dream
or just the average football team.

Saturday
Jan222011

The game plan, the head coach, and the very big wish

They play a few seconds
then wait for a while,
get silent and set in their stance.
They play for a moment
and try it again,
in the hope that it's not really chance.

Saturday
Jan222011

The NFL loves complexity

Each NFL team has an offense
and a defense, as everyone knows.
The two should be made independent
and each Sunday play different foes.

Sunday
Sep202009

NFL Ravens

The Ravens are good, wherever they're from,
They've got a good chance to contend.
One big thing in their struggle:
Where's Baltimore, again?