Football Fanatics

January 9

I am thankful for football fanatics. They enrich my life with the crazy things they wear and the outrageous things they say and do. They make me laugh, as long as it is in good taste and not obnoxious. There is a fine line that fanatics should not cross, however.

This photo was taken in the New Orleans French Quarter after the New Orleans Bowl between University of Louisiana Lafayette (ULL) Ragin' Cajuns vs East Carolina Pirates. I love the Tobasco hats!  Let's hear it for football fanatics: I know I am surely one.

fanatics

from early fall to late winter

there’s one thing upon which I can count

my football crazed fanatic friends

will arrive in no small amount

dressed in purple and gold

from their heads to their toes

wearing their school colors

on everything that shows

and who knows

perhaps in other places too

i wouldn’t at all be surprised

when it comes to this zoo

shirtless with painted chests

dyed hair and shouting

awaiting the contests

dancing and screaming

their passion shows

of savory food and favored drink

endlessly flows

of course some never make it

to the actual game

they out party themselves

embers of an old flame.

© rt tulley