<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531084" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Playing Hurt</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Personally I never had<br>To play that hard<br>Flag football<br>Did not require</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Taping of wrists ankles ribs<br>Mouth-pieces knee braces<br>Post game ice packs<br>Help getting up</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And out of bed<br>The next morning<br>Shake it off <br>Back to practice</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Our daughter played basketball<br>First co-ed Boys/Girls club then<br>Through her second year<br>At the local junior college</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Class scheduling wasn't easy<br>Away games post season play-offs<br>San Francisco Sacramento<br>Berkeley Modesto</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Not easy to get in the classes<br>Needed for her major<br>Add twenty-two hours a week<br>As a grocery store clerk</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now you got <br>A tough schedule<br>Playing hurt<br>No big deal</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So she told me<br>Taped up<br>Mouth piece in<br>Ready to play</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now married<br>Buying their first home<br>Teaching sixth graders<br>Still a tough schedule</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I remember a phone call<br>From her from Sac State<br>A month into <br>Her junior year</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Except for intermurals<br>She decided not to play<br>To fit in the classes she needed<br>Laughing she admitted</div><div style="margin:10px 0">'Dad, I never realized<br>How good it would feel<br>To wake up without<br>Something hurting.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Tom+J.+Mariani">Tom J. Mariani</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=531084" data-title="Playing Hurt de Tom J. Mariani" data-description="Personally I never had To play that hard Flag football Did not require Taping of wrists ankles ribs Mouth-pieces knee braces Post game ice packs Help getting up And out of bed The next morning Shake it off Back to practice Our daughter played ..."></div> </div> </div>

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