Put on Your Black (And Red) Turtleneck, It's the Santino Quaranta Poetry Corner

In these pre-season quiet days of reflection, we thought it might be nice to read more of the poetry of Santino Quaranta. Tino sent in one of his more recent poems¹, and we thought we'd let you snap your fingers at the end.

Send Back to Hospital

To be a striker
is to know hatred
from the keeper, from the backs,
and from the USA Men's N&A Board.

They say I'm no good on a wing
or a prayer as a number ten.
They enjoy MC Deuce thug-life.
They call it soccer.

Freddy flies free for formidable feeds from Filomeno.
If Coach said that last phrase
Ellinger would have heard different
Like: Polish people punish pedestrians per persnickety personalities
Alliteration is racism.
Or just lame.

¹This is a complete fiction. But really, Tino, send in a poem or two, or we'll continue making them up. Even if you don't really write poetry.