the pantoum payment

[fflo]

     C-bus 42, A² 39

My townsfolk hear "Go Blue!"
I watch to see whether
I'll lose a poem, not a
buck. Eyes on their helmets,

I watch to see whether
we cut the lead again.
Buckeyes on their helmets
look like weed. Now

we cut the lead, again.
Six scores this half---two
looked like we'd now
still got a chance, at that.

Six scores this half, too.
Football! Losing, but, whoa,
still got a chance at that
bet. I take lightly

football, losing, but... Woe.
I've lost a poem: not a
bet I take lightly.
My townsfolk here go blue.

Comments

[schroederjt.livejournal.com]

This is possibly the best thing I have ever won in a bet.

It was great game, now commemorated by an excellent poem. I especially like the line plays. And I totally agree about the buckeye helmet stickers looking like weed.

I would not mind at all if Blue stays at number two and faces us again for the National Title.

[fflo.livejournal.com]

Oh, me neither. We'd have to up the stakes then, too. What's harder than a pantoum? Would we dare sestina?

I had a first-and-last line about ya'll's team being at home, with a little bit of turn, but scrapped it for the blue thing.

Anyway, congrats!