Like most of you, I was transfixed throughout the football game
And even colors of their jerseys were to me symbolic
Atlanta Falcons, red, New England blue, and, too, the name –
The name of Patriots, rung true to this politiholic
However, I must say Mat Ryan’s team was quarterbacked
With skill and lots of will I can’t deny
Quite like the Speaker Ryan managing his motley pack
Except that Falcons teamed together, do or die
Tom Brady, QB Patriots, would not give up his dream
With scores: red twenty eight and blue just nine
He persevered, the quarter last and tied the Falcon team
It forced the game to go to overtime
The coin-toss, won by Patriots, the game, now, sudden death
Then Brady drove right down the field with passes and with runs
Third down, within ten yards of goal, we all just held our breath
Then Jimmy White dove ‘cross the goal, the Patriots had won
The game, a metaphor, to me: the red against the blue
Where, even though the reds were winning, blue kept fighting on
Against all odds, when things got tough, they persevered right through
Their iron fortitude prevailed when hope, to us, seemed gone
2/5/17
