Football City Poems

Breathing in the luminous vapor that tastes like vanilla
While looking at illuminating our neon skyline
Since the moon and stars are veiled with the aluminium ceilings
Pastel...

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I look out the window at the tree
in the back yard next door
just behind a small yellow house.
Its crown is still green, but I 
know...

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I hear them in the hallways
They are using raised voices
Everyone is excited
Because the KC Chiefs mascot was here
They are running flat out now
Too excited to...

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Beautiful San Francisco


						In Northern California,
						By the Bay,
						There it is,
						That beautiful city,
						It’s the city Tony Bennett
						Sings of
						“I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
						Those lovely trolley cars,
						Make...

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Patrick Mahomes may be world’s nicest guy.
Kansas City shows him off with pride.
Chief’s quarter back hails from Texas, Ty.
Hall of Fame MVP, at  twenty...

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What  if  they  played  and  no  one  came
To  actually  see  the  much  talked...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Poor doggy in the hard rain
no umbrella to hide the pain
housing society gates shoo them out
space under parked cars in knee-deep troughs
men and women stuck...

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Allegiant Air 
Was on time for a scheduled affair 
Landing on the strip 
Customers claiming to be here for a gridiron trip 
In reality they...

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It is at the half 
And the Hammies have not taken a bath 
Due to the rain 
Schedule was changed and that was a pain...

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Super cold today in Kansas City
Freezing 
No ice
No snow
The air is brittle
Brutally cold

My feet reflect this
My toes are icy
I stare out the window
Knowing how cold...

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Just had my tea 
Turned off the Christmas Tree 
It is sad to see it go 
Back to storage I know 

But there is a...

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We played sports
on asphalt fields
drains and sewer lids
for bases
Billy’s house the right field line
Tommy’s porch
a short left field.

We diagramed
football plays
bottle caps, fractured marbles,
Mikey’s favorite button.
The...

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Summer breeze summer breeze, welcome to my city
Thanks to you we have summer vacations and no student have to study
Now the days are again going...

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The sun is 
shining red as it 
descends from the heavens

Outside my window I 
see its brilliant light 

This city is 
where the fate of...

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