Poems of the Week

Apparel and A Parallel

by Alex Steelsmith

“[A] Women’s Soccer League game with a crowd of nearly 33,000 suffered a delayed kickoff… 
because the teams had matching socks.”
AP 

Soccery, sockery,
fans in the stadium
wanted a contest, but
there was a catch;

though the two rivals were
hypercompetitive,
no one expected so
perfect a match.