'Twas the Morning After Realignment

[oldwiseone]

'Twas the Morning After Realignment

'Twas the morning after realignment and all through my house,

Not a creature dare stirred, not even the mouse;

The day before was still fresh on my mind,

As not even Jack Daniels could help me unwind;

The family still tucked all snug in there bed,

As I tried to clean the cobwebs out of my head.

As I think back to yesterday I still can't believe;

That the UIL would do what they just did to me;

A team from afar, a state champ from last season,

Has just joined our district, UIL is just teasing;

A loss of 10 students is the reason they say,

For the current state champ of once 3 now 2A;

And if that didn't kick me square in the rear,

We kept the state finalists that smoked us last year;

Eight teams they say, that's what you shall get,

Eight teams I repeat, as I kick my wife's pet;

A cakewalk is what we have prayed for each night,

A swim with the sharks is instead what's in site;

A district comprised of greatness to remember,

Six out of these eight were still playing late December;

I call the group in for a morning of reflection,

Instead what I get sounds more like rejection;

What will we do to ease our guy's pain?

Can we cancel one due to a hurricane?

Let's look at the schedule I hear one coach shout,

We may have a chance here since grades will come out;

Homecoming will give us a little more bite,

And the 1A that moved up will fit there just right;

I hear we have a move in from 5A Katy Taylor,

And the new coach we are hiring has a junior all-stater!

Let's try the slant defense to throw them off key,

Maybe run the old offense that worked in 83;

We'll grow the grass long to knock down their speed,

And we'll water it good and we won't throw out seed;

Let's find that old scanner to hear all their plays,

Or scramble their headsets with high frequency waves;

"I think we can do it" as all our eyes glowed,

Now we just need to figure how to win on the road!

Good luck fellas, there's always a bright side ....... oldwiseone

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