THE ODDS
threw a
Hail Mary
what are
the odds
historically
it be caught for six points
or fly to the Moon
on the wings
of Apollo?
less or
more
always a risk factor
must check those sacred pages
in my father’s manifesto
of social disconnection
great-grandchild of
some famine immigrant
sold a dream story
of opportunity
progeny of some child
of Africa transported
across the Atlantic
chained
in the hold
to work
those prosperous fields
out there in the touch zone
holding the victory ball
or still waiting
receiver by trade
and set
to receive
the crowd ecstatic that we
have a
Sitting Bull ambush, have
a Wild Bill
shootout
have some music demigod
to serve the half-time feast
red zone
hell hole
too far ahead in
space and time
for me
to ascertain with
degree of
certainty
the shifting nature of this game
cowboys, packers,
miners, and most
typically
raiders, chiefs and
buccaneers
see in its logic
all we need to know
must
now envision
the spectacle
telling its truth, making
the ambition of its
intentions clear
poems 2 die for 