From Poetic Asides:  “For today’s prompt, write a poem about a sport.  Pick any sport you want. And yes, feel free to bend and stretch the rules as far as you wish.”


never play with someone
who breaks hearts for sport
who collects them like trophies
the perfect hand/eye coordination
to inflict pain
non-consensual
writhing heart wrenching
pain.

for this game
you must forsake your own heart
or protect it with padding
like a linebacker
ready to run off/sides
take the penalty the cheap shot
a pyrrhic victory
ending with a tie
score of battered
bruised
hearts.