The Madness of March

It hearkened so merrily

Give unto us the rites of spring

with thy Madness of March

dribble dribble shot

oh look at that dunk

oh look at that three

didn't he walk?

We scream at the TV 

as though they can hear us

and they better listen

we pick our brackets

our trusty brackets

brackets crafted with care and love

in two minutes

because I've never heard 

of some of these sacrificial lambs

so we shall laugh 

and cry and lo

for this means spring has sprung

oh thankies from my power bill

 

I'm sorry you misspoke

who beat Virginia?

they are a No. 1 seed 

surely you jest

Who?

No. 16 University of Maryland-Baltimore County?

Not even the main campus?

that's not a community college?

Madness indeed

who would have thought

who would have dreamed

so it would seem

Arizona has lost as well

oh hell. 

And down the rabbit hole we go

fate dealing brackets body blows

But my picks fear no such turn

for I plucked from the muddy tides of the future

UNC as my champion

and even they be nigh victorious

they'll make the elite eight

final four for they are great

and the pool shall be mine

lest someone pick by mascot

or uniform color

Argh

Monday morning

brackets torn asunder

picks lay strewn like cut grass

oh my poor picks! 

faulty, futile, foolhardy

kicked in the ding ding by fate

felled by Texas A&M

and Loyola

I know a guy named Xavier

why couldn't you be that cool Xavier?

Everybody knew Cincy was lunching

now they're worth punching

UNC felled as I slept

All the pool money gone

a brother wept

Sweet sixteen my ass

Who ever ranked these teams

was just playing

That's all I'm saying

Tis done

we've all seen better days,

Hey, can we get a do-over?

They wasn't going to class noways

Bracket just...done.