Thursday, March 13, 2014

Sestina revision

Every day in summer, morning and night
We arrive at the field
Ready to practice our assignment
Which means at 6:30 A.M., we're ready to hit
Ready to run
Ready to spill blood

Every day after school, playing with your jersey rubbed with your blood
From the day before, Just to prepare for a Friday night
Dreading the end of practice because we have to run
Different drills happening all over the field
Lined up ready to hit
Looking into the eyes of our assignment

Joking in the film room with the team as coach speaks of our assignment
Adrenaline running through our blood
Groaning about Doing up downs when coach says hit
Leaving the field house with your friends not even realizing that it is night,
Then deciding to go back out on the field
Enough energy left to laugh and run

Coach Gay yelling at us to stretch and run
Music blasting as you envision crushing your assignment
Stretching on the field
Brett joking with you and he puts tape over dried cuts and blood,
While you just wait for night,
With your brothers in the locker room, screaming rap lyrics and getting ready to hit

The ball is snapped, so you drop your hips and hit
The player opposite you, then you run,
After the ball with the lights bright on the field at night
Blitzing through the hole and tackling your assignment
Knocking him to the ground, standing up and feeling power coursing through your blood
You are invincible, no one can touch you, this is your domain, your field

Gathering at a spot on the field
With your helmet raised, ready to hit
Your chant, with your brothers who share your blood
Your brothers who with you run
Winning the game was your true assignment
Under the lights, with your brothers on this Friday Night

You work your whole life on that field leading up to the chance to play and win on those Friday nights
Playing your assignment, knowing your brothers will make the play and run
You live for your brother who for you have spilled their blood, so in turn you must hit, knock the opposition to the ground and hit, until you win, then hit

I tried to make this sestina flow better and be more connected. I also tried to make it more personal and more light hearted so I included the joking manner of the team. Mosts of my posts are about football but I usually don't include the funny side of it, I didnt really this time either but i tried.

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