It's Friday night,
I've got a game.
We play the Indians,
My best friend's team.
My uniform's on.
It's only 4 o'clock.
Mom says we leave
5:30 on the dot.
Tonight's our first game.
I'm fast in my new cleats.
My glove's broken-in
'cause I've slept on it for weeks.
I'm still a little nervous
but not about playing.
I'm wondering which girls are there
and what I'm going to be saying.
The Love Of The Game
Published by Family Friend Poems August 2011 with permission of the Author.
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