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Friday in France

How lucky we are the Olympics Will be starting, this Friday, in France! After all this political trauma, We can wake from this terrible trance. We can focus on swimming and tennis, Gymnastics and polo and track. Cheer for volleyball, diving and cricket And not listen to pols talking smack. There’ll be fencing and judo and hockey And sailing and golf and lacrosse. Once the athletes march in, all that fanfare Will remind us there’s life after loss.

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Marikate Kingston

Date: 8/26/2024 6:39:00 PM

I love the Olympics too. A safe and wonderful watch this year. For years I lived in Vermont and became more of a winter Olympics fan. Eitherway, the games can be just mind blowing. What a nice poem. Tres bien.

Mike Bayles

Date: 7/25/2024 8:22:00 PM

Perfect timing for this poem. I enjoyed it.

Hilda Greenhough

Date: 7/24/2024 11:12:00 PM

Losers perfect the curve. I'm looking forward to the Olympics on TV. This was a nice poem indeed.

Karen Jones

Date: 7/24/2024 7:50:00 PM

Yes sports can be very unifying!

Gershon Wolf

Date: 7/24/2024 6:28:00 PM

A welcome break, indeed. Just hope and pray that there isn't a repeat of Munich, 1972. I lived in Israel at the time. It was beyond horrific.

Lin Lane

Date: 7/24/2024 1:42:00 PM

I look forward to watching as much of the Olympics as I can get, Ilene. I never pay attention to polls, and stopped reading anything about politics that I can avoid. It's become all-consuming to some, but you're right... there is life beyond what happens in DC, even though it concerns us all. No medals given out to presidents in the last 8 years.