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Eileen Clemens Granfors

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Scorecard
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Picture by Clark Little. I'm crazy for college football and college hoops, but really. . .in the great scheme of the world, how small we are.

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Scorecard

 

Yelling, screaming, imploring,

The football fan leaps from his chair.

Silly. Win or lose it’s just a game

Not life or death, a simulation,

And over time, though we remember the score,

That’s not the score that matters.

 

Goodness, generosity, a smile, and kindness,

We don’t keep track of those.

They count more. 

How do people forget?

 

Dynasties come and go

In sports, on maps, in history.

Our lives are brief, a flash of phosphorescence on a dark sea,

We obsess over nothing,

Nothing that makes the world

Either good or bad,

Just busy.

 

Time out.

 

 

 
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 Reviews of "Scorecard"
Reviewed by J'nia Fowler
Reviewed on December 7, 2009
So true. Well penned and I love the picture too. J'nia
Reviewed by Karla Dorman, The StormSpinner
Reviewed on December 7, 2009
Amen! Doesn't get better than this. Well done, Eileen.

(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
Reviewed by Patrick Granfors
Reviewed on December 6, 2009
I hate it when you're right. And I was leaping in behalf of the monkey. p
Reviewed by Felix Perry
Reviewed on December 6, 2009
So right you are...
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Reviewed by Elizabeth Price
Reviewed on December 6, 2009
lol. So right you are as I watch the Chiefs game and they are currently lossing. Amusement that's all. Liz
Reviewed by William Bonilla
Reviewed on December 6, 2009
interesting write Eileen
enjoyed reading
Love & Peace

William
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