Fourth and Goal
The end of the semester
compresses like a red zone
defense, everything more
difficult and confined by
its edges, a wall of meaty
obstacles between us and
the freedom of the goal
line, and all the noise
echoing around us, all
the brightly waving colors,
complicating the snap
count, creating the potential
for mistakes, false starts,
interference, and while
the temptation is to make
an end run on a reverse
or to float one to the corner,
we know there's nothing
for it but to punch one
up the gut and hope we
don't fumble the football.
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