5 February 2010 2 Comments

A quick jolt to the head.
Hit over and over again.
If you come out alive and not dead
Chances are you will have issues ahead.

Like hitting a brick wall in your car.
Like playing crash dummies you are
America’s pasttime as we gather around.
The new gladiators that ground and pound.

Memory loss or depression abound.
Football is the culprit they have found.
The scientific research can not be denied.
As the NFL puts it all aside and hides.

Young men who can’t remember the month.
Young men who can’t get off their stumps.
Maybe only a concussion or two they have had.
It’s the excessive small hits that are truly bad.

A sport that is known for being vicious.
Is now raising human rights suspicion.
What will happen in the future of this sport?
Will the NFL decide to accept it or distort?

Not unlike the tobacco companies it would seem.
Denying that nicotine is addictive to our human team.
Everyone knows that there are things that could happen.
A hit to the head could be the end of your dream.

Maybe a month or a few years it might take.
Then all of a sudden you can’t remember to bathe.
Getting out of bed in the morning is too hard.
Depression surrounding you as if a layer of lard
That is hardening your brain instead of heart.
That is making it hard for your words to form and part.

A sentence or two you might have said today.
Too many hits to the head to make your pay.
Too many memories lost that money can’t buy.
Too many days ahead to not try.