varsity

it’s just believing in the other 
as you meet their eyes
not a concept, an action
an approach
a drill to run each day at practice 
when’s practice again?

not after school
not saturday morning
every moment of every period
and then between classes in the hall too
in fact, mostly there 

this is your life we’re talking about 
no camaro
no homecoming
no band practice
no sega
no peaceful death in old age
no virgins in heaven
get it down 
or you’re going to be held back 
for the rest of time