grab them by the—
false start! borderline.
flag on the: field
you
r
benched—
take a knee, team
listen to the whistleblower,
huddle-up the play is called
the statue of liberty:
you run in the direction
of the end-zone i, am gripped
by a lineman, yelling to the referee
holding
,offense.

“holding, offense” is a poem by Frank Carellini.