The Condensed Violence Of Autumn, A Football Poem.

Temped fall day
Suddenly interrupted by grotesque violence
Clashing of plastic on Kevlar on metal
Roar
Roar of lost depraved humans yearning for their escape
Somewhere far away in a living room
Roar
A loud uniting cry of father and son
Skin on skin
Roar
Of an abrasive general, beating down grown men
For tiny mistakes
Of a child’s game