Poems of the Week

An Arm and a Legacy

by Alex Steelsmith

Although Tom Brady won nine conference championships for the Patriots, including three in the previous four years, they traded him to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. This year Brady’s Bucs won the championship, while the Patriots had their worst season in 20 years. The Patriots’ trade has been called “the worst transaction in Boston sports history.” When the Bucs won, Brady was not only vindicated but also paid a $500,000 incentive.

Tampity champity
Brady the Quarterback,
leaving the Patriots
looking like schmucks,

furthered his legacy
uninterruptedly,
perfectly happy with
all his new Bucs.