Those who take part in Sport?

Forget it!

These are the worshippers at the alter of

vicarious adulation.

The applauders of mindless acts of violence

by padded gladiators.

They pay their tithe and yell,

“kill him, kill him !”

Then scream in delight at senseless fights,

or boo when others win or do well.

Such is the legacy they pass on.

Cheat, for to win is all there is.

This is what the “great public,” want.

“Shame,” too kind a word.

Nausea spews its vile effluent over us.

Youth is poisoned by brutality.

The specter of “professional sport”

contaminates our lives.

 
 

David Garlick, Victoria, May, 1995