A Sunday score

  strangers rise en masse

  pulled from their seats

  agape in spontaneous inspiration

  connecting hands

  celebrating

  with devoted fervor

  idols of the gridiron

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A communal moment

  a moment divine

  a glorious time

  with a singular purpose

  resolute and unquestioned

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And God

  the distant spectator

  always on one side

  or the other

  depending on who wins