GLORY AND DESPAIR

 
What do you do?
The big game is
Interrupted by
A severe weather warning
 
The television searches
For a signal to no avail
You find your radio
The batteries are
Still good, but weak
 
You listen carefully
For the announcers voice
It is competing with static
The game is close
Nearing the end
 
Notre Dame is trailing
The Wolverines of Michigan
By two points
Time is running out
Down to seconds
 
Harry Oliver lines up
Kicks a career long
Winning field goal
Pandemonium
 
Bob Ufer exclaims in
And excited but choked voice
“From the heights of ecstasy
To the valley of despair,
In four seconds”
 
Stanski
November 17, 2019 ^

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