Dear Coach's Corner

Dear Ron MacLean

Dear Coach’s Corner

I’m writing in order for someone to explain to my niece the distinction

Between these mandatory pre-game group rites of submission

And the rallies at Nuremburg

Specifically the function the ritual serves

In conjunction with what everybody knows is in the end a kid’s game

I’m just appealing to your sense of fair play

When I say she’s puzzled by the incessant pressure for her

To not defy the collective will, and yellow ribboned lapels

As the soldiers inexplicably rappel down from the arena rafters

(Which, if not so insane, would be grounds for screaming laughter)