First Quarter
Crack a brew and watch the game
Watch the game and scream and yell
Scream and yell and clap like hell
Crack a brew.
Or two.
Second Quarter
Grab the phone and tweet a verse
Tweet a verse reveal your life
Reveal your life too much strife
Grab the phone.
You’re grown.
Halftime
Think a thought and read a book
Read a book and write some too
Write some too because it’s true
Think a thought.
Overwrought.
Third Quarter
“Throw a flag,” you yell so loud
Yell so loud you wake the tot
Wake the tot your day is shot
Throw a flag.
You sag.
Fourth Quarter
The game is through your team lost
Your team lost the tot is grown
Tot is grown and on her own
Game is through.
You too?
Mick Kulp is a writer and father of two mostly grown children who have survived his shenanigans through smarts they inherited from their mother.
His creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry have appeared in consumer magazines, newspapers, and literary journals. His first book, Random Stones: A book of poetry, was published in 2016.
More at www.MichaelKulpWriter.
–Background Photography by Ed Wojtaszek