Ok, I live in a red state but vote decidedly blue. I graduated from a red school and wear red atheistically and would never be caught wearing a blue shirt unless it was a dress shirt or pants. So I wrote this poem in hopes everyone will know where I stand.
The Red and the Blue
I vote for blue and root for red,
I’m sure I will until I’m dead,
A moderate liberal is my creed,
A Utah Man it’s red I bleed,
I take on those who offer myths,
I think of cougar fans as stiffs,
No honor code I drink merlot,
Just like some cougar fans I know,
I hang with people zoobies scorn,
Like liberals, gays and lowly born,
Admit I must I still break bread,
With those in blue instead of red,
My mother, brother, sister too,
Attended school, that school of blue,
And even some have voted red,
Didn’t they hear a word I’ve said?,
And love them still though pity most,
These folk I love amidst such a host,
Long-suffering often's been my fate,
Voting blue in this red state,
But lift my chin cause who’d a guessed,
An Obama win and the BCS,
Have made it spring in this dreary fall,
Destroying the Y- THAT SAYS IT ALL
Congratulations Utes and Obama
You’ve made my year
Utah 48 BYU 24
Obama 365 McCain 173
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6 comments:
And a poet, too! Who knew?!
Delightful post.
I like it! The only blue that's true and worthy of my support is the Obama team and the color that is found up north as Aggie Blue.
I also have an advanced degree from the U, and I must say that the few hours spent on Saturday watching the game was a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
The outsome saved us all from a "fate worse than death."
Q. What is more obnoxious than a BYU fan when they lose?
A. A BYU fan when they win.
JC, I narrow down obnoxious to basically, a BYU fan.
Bekkieann, I've been told many times how people love my poetry, but they usually say, "don't quit your day job."
I don't know, it has a certain rhythm. If you were a cartoonist too, you might have a Dr. Seuss thing going there.
To Bekkieann:
I would not could not vote for red,
Even guys named John or Fred,
I could not vote them in a pinch,
Or give a yard, a foot or inch,
A vote for red I'd be no man,
I could not vote them Bekkieann,
I would not could not root for blue,
Even if my days were few,
To root for blue would leave me numb,
I hope I never get that dumb,
I'll never be a girly man,
I root against them Bekkieann
That's just too great! Made me laugh. Now I'm memorialized in rhyme. :-)
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