Monday, April 4, 2022

They ask me why I still watch a losing hockey team

It's because I still have hope something will change/Because of my

grandfather's love for this team/For my love of our netminders who

make beautiful, sprawling saves/Because they're playoff streak was older

than me until I was 25/The fights that happen at least once a

game/Because they are an Original Six team/Because I fall in love with a

different player each season/Because I have spent my whole life

watching this team/Because it's the home team/Because the love of your

team never diminishes, even when they are in a losing streak.

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