To My Stolen NCAA Football 2008: An Elegy In Haiku

by Sean on Aug 19, 2007 6:44 PM EDT in News

My house was robbed Thursday night. They made off with a variety of electronics my roommates and I had in our living room (and a bottle of Jack Daniels), but what hurts the most is the loss of my Xbox 360 and NCAA Football 2008. A great game, hours of time, and four consecutive national championships - all gone. This is my attempt to deal with my loss.

A hum and a click
Electrons flowing quickly
A Buckeye touchdown

Just moving pictures
Fake players on my TV
But it's real to me

A feeling of loss
A place without any dust
My Xbox is gone

In 2010
Brandon Saine won the Heisman
No chance for repeat

A thief in the night
An evil Malcolm Jenkins
Picked off my one love

This fiend, this villain
This thief of my hopes and dreams
A Michigan fan?

I want my revenge
For this thief to know my pain
A Gholston clothesline

Guitar Hero - gone
PS2 - gone, but I miss
My Dynasty most

No Impact Player,
No victory. No XBox,
No joy, only loss

A thief is playing
My dynasty, my playbook
I know just sorrow

The sorrow may fade
The game will soon be replaced
The loss will remain

So my game, my love
Whoever has you, I hope
He runs the option

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Wow

I'm sorry for your loss. Seriously. That's like the 2007 equivalent of catching Polio..

by eleventy on Aug 19, 2007 7:37 PM EDT 0 recs

That's not right

Man, I feel for you. My 360 has been stolen twice, but at least I got it back each time. Microsoft's crappy design has busted (stolen) it but they always send it back.

Let me know if/when you get it back and we'll have to do some NCAA'ing.

- el Kaiser, from Men of the Scarlet and Gray

by el Kaiser on Aug 20, 2007 12:42 PM EDT 0 recs