The musclebound elect, who toss a ball
(as if their silly game was all in all)
should stick to sports; decline to state their views
lest fans their spectacle no longer choose.
and that has been in the news a lot the last few days with Drew Brees, the commissioner’s statement affirming the kneeling during the anthem, etc. Thought perhaps you were making current commentary with your past work.
CONNECT/HOOK 
Not feeling any differently after the commissioner’s statement?
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Sorry I am out of that loop . . . you mean football commissioner?
Football — the one with gloves and a bat, right?
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Yes. I thought that was your reference in this post.
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It was a link to a poem I wrote on Hollyweird and Football.
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I read it. I saw:
The musclebound elect, who toss a ball
(as if their silly game was all in all)
should stick to sports; decline to state their views
lest fans their spectacle no longer choose.
and that has been in the news a lot the last few days with Drew Brees, the commissioner’s statement affirming the kneeling during the anthem, etc. Thought perhaps you were making current commentary with your past work.
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I wrote it in 2018!
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Precious prescience precedes apologetic pleas.
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Yeah. A lot of them unbelievers think we’re pre-Science…
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