When a player goes down,
Drop to your knees and lower your head.
Place pom poms to one side and raise crossed fingers.
When player stands and is helped off field,
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Hope you showed this to your cheerleader daughter, Mike. There's some important stuff here, particularly telling her that even cheerleaders can bring their energy to church, same as to a football game. I love it, remembering my own daughter as a cheerleader and long ago when I, too, was one. (cheerleaders can be poets and physical therapists, as is the case in our family.) This is very well done...and welcome back! Raynette
the mescaline trumpet, and pregnant with it no less... this is fresh and crisply done. thanks for this one. salut.
i like this one, alot, Michael. interesting and fresh analogy. poems like these really make me wonder how they were conceived. Jake