Two Posts in One Day?! Yes, yes the apocalypse is coming...

Okay, this is my last post for a few days. For the record, the second post isn't a practice in procrastinating. I've finished my poem from another poem. Now, this poem will be cut up, line by line and transformed into another poem mixed with elements from poems written by other people in class. So, before it got chopped, I wanted to share it, as I was inspired by all the football posts this evening. Hope you like it!

Happiness (homage to Giles County)

four seasons, not the hotel

starting with apple cider and hot chocolate

girls in jeans and letterman's jackets
while the boys take the field in shoulder pads

then comes the snow, two hour delays

painting your nails and curling your hair

ringlets that fall before the first bell rings
softball practice begins before the thaw
breaking your arm before Disneyland but after Prom, thank God

summertime and the living would be easy

if only you could tan and he would pick you up

meeting everyone else, lazy days at the river

learning to fly, free falling into growing up

understanding you're still in high school, just older

longer days, shorter vacations, wider hips

paying eighty dollars to see Tom Petty and pretend

you're still in college and your beer is free

except you're not and suddenly you're salaried

meeting up with girlfriends at kid friendly restaurants

and giving money to the little leaguers

buying boy scout popcorn and PTA chocolate

never missing a Sunday to visit your mother

talk baseball with your dad, politics with your brother

falling in love, serious this time

whether you want it to be or not, this knowing

everyone else's business but somehow relishing

all four seasons, not the hotel