The Politics of It
There is no room for interpretation When dealing with parents of talented 13-year-old soccer players. Everything is bold and simple. Play my kid and get team results. The vigor and tension With which this sentiment is communicated, Exhausting. "Talk to the coach," I advise softly. Each parent has their own imaginative eye As eloquent as the other It moves beyond the scope of their own Inadequacies. My boy is a natural this A real that! The composition of the team Must inevitably emerge as I see it. It matters not what germination and growth occurs and what the surrounding fertility may have to offer. Their appreciation and interpretation is limited to only what bears close affinity to what is personally satisfying to them. What an exposition, frankly, of individualistic machinations. From, One Tired Team Manager, Mama Shujaa. Nevertheless, Bon Weekend.