high school football is the work of the devil
god I hated high school
tonight sitting in the stands
I felt the pressure in my chest
remembered the slog through
the thick mud of social caste
never getting hit because
I had big friends who would
get between my mouth and a fist
my 7-year-old boy is next to me
as the whirlwind of tiny
topics swirls around us
I wish I had a shield for him
and I wish I could get on the PA
system and tell the homecoming
court to fuck the business classes
and do something that might
make the world better, not worse
27 September 2013
State College PA
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