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February 9, 2024
By PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
PoetCoyote PLATINUM, State College, Pennsylvania
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Favorite Quote:
“The world is almost peaceful when you stop trying to understand it.”<br /> ― Elizabeth Acevedo, The Poet X<br /> <br /> "Serenity now!" <br /> ― Frank Costanza, Seinfeld <br /> <br /> "My coach said I ran like a girl. I told him if he ran a little faster he could, too." <br /> ― Mia Hamm


Cleats 

shoes that were bought 

in hues of electric yellow and rosy pink 

are now stained with mud 

dirt, wear, love 

 

Uniform 

an identification 

a source of burning 

pride that I belong 

I matter, I am here 

for a reason 

 

Goal 

an engineered structure 

a figurative and literal place 

where all things start 

end and happen, where 

memories are made 

 

Field 

a plot of grass 

it comes in perfectly manicured 

rectangles, and wonky quadrilaterals in

dire need of a haircut, painted 

with carefully measured lines, 

trampled with stories and 

wishes and curses and needs 

 

Ball 

a rotund object 

colors and brands define it

but it is the object, like the 

sun that the earth and it’s 

fellow planets orbit in 

a schedule of games and times 

and matches and playoffs 

 

Home

Home is wearing cleats, 

Identified in a uniform, 

Towards the goal, 

On the field, 

With the ball 



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