The apple fell too near the tree
became an only, crying, pick me
got some worms in it’s core
from the rock bottom rooted dirt floor
decaying on the inside while the outside stays pretty
blaming everything on gravity
someone picked it up hoping it’d be good for a pie
but cut open the rot had nowhere to hide
it was tossed away because there’s nothing else you can do
with bad fruit
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Ellie Hoovs
Breathing life into the lost and broken. Writes to mend what fire couldn't destroy. Poetry stitched from ashes, longing, and stubborn hope.
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I think I figured out why I love Wild Card Weekend so much. It's because it's the first playoff anything of the calendar year. The NFL season starts in the fall, and once upon a time, the champion was crowned either on or slightly before New Year's. The evolution of the NFL schedule has resulted in the playoffs starting just into the New Year, and currently, the final week of the season falls on the first weekend of the New Year, with Wild Card Weekend coming a week after that. So yes, chronologically, the NFL's Wild Card Weekend serves as the first playoff anything of the calendar year.
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wow, bad fruit - yeah, get rid of it! I loved the comparison hidden in the poem.
Bad fruit is horrible! Good fruit is great! Dont hate! Obliterate! Fantastic poem!