Contest Entry

The Star-Telegram had a "call to readers" in the paper a few days ago, asking, "Have you jinxed your team? Tell us about it." So, with the help of Melanie and PhotoShop, and about 30 minutes to spare while Noah was sleeping, I put together this poem and picture and submitted it. Cross your fingers that we win!

'Twas All Hallows Eve, when all down the street
Not a person was safe from a skunk's trick-or-treat.
The candy was out by the door well ahead,
In hopes that the skunk would take some instead.

This skunk's scent could travel quite far, you see,
All the way to the ballpark, where the ump called, "Strike three!"
For the Rangers had just lost Game 4 at home,
While out around town that stinker did roam.

The next morning I rose to my paper and coffee,
In hopes to move on and put faith in Cliff Lee.
When what to my wondering eyes did appear,
But the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's headline, quite clear:

"After skunking by Giants, Rangers face scary but real prospect of losing World Series."