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The Champ

A ring's the thing of which you've dreamed A fitting culmination to a season's perspiration Ticker-tape parade is next Wild cheers, the subtext Hit the banquet circuit hard To your frame you add some lard A new season begins Your team can't buy a win The fans jeer and boo at an out-of-shape you You sweat and you strain but all hope's down the drain The lesson you've learned? ~ Those boos were well-earned

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Date: 2/22/2020 10:37:00 PM
I am smiling because of the great rhyming, wondering if something happened that I missed. I do not really follow sports except the KC Chiefs and the KC Royals.
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/23/2020 1:05:00 PM
Congrats on your team winning the Super Bowl... An you haven't missed anything; this is a 'generic write.' ~ Gershon
Date: 2/20/2020 11:40:00 PM
I wonder what was worse, the loss or the boos? A super poem, Gershon. :)
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/23/2020 1:05:00 PM
Thank you so much for the encouragement, Evelyn. :) Gershon
Date: 2/20/2020 9:41:00 PM
Ooh, ouch. Great write my friend! xomo
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/20/2020 10:04:00 PM
One ouch for the boos. The second for the jeers... Cheers, Gershon
Date: 2/20/2020 7:07:00 PM
One can't be champ forever...it's a rise and fall affair...Nice one
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/20/2020 10:03:00 PM
Back in the day though, you had the old Yankees and Celtics year after year after year. Now ---from champ to chump --- in a heartbeat. And so goes it... Thanks, Arturo. :) Gershon
Date: 2/20/2020 4:31:00 PM
OH, the agony of the feet. Enjoyed this one Gershon, well done...
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Gershon Wolf
Date: 2/20/2020 10:03:00 PM
Worse than the agony of defeat, methinks! Thanks, Charlie. :) gw

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