Ten Years After the Big Game

[Nester]

I like the tone of this poem so much. It's very confident and touches on a subject that I don't think many people have much experience with in everyday life. "not a side eye in the house" was a very interesting line. A great way to describe the direct attention from onlookers, but in the context a beautiful fuck you to all who were witnessing what was unfolding. The use of language was great as well. Not course, souring the subtle awesomeness of this confident come out, it was just right.

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to read and comment on my poem. It's gratifying to see that people like it, and that I was able to handle a tough subject with some care.

I actually meant "unring the bell" as just a bell, like the old saying "once struck, the bell cannot be unrung"; that is, you can't go back once you come out like this. I never even thought it would be confusing, because of the other sports metaphors (I didn't even think of boxing until some of you pointed it out). I'm going to rework that line, or perhaps remove it entirely.

By "Adams apple bobbing/like a minor toady", I meant that the speaker's Adam's apple was going up and down as she drank from the punch bowl, like a sycophant's head nodding in agreement with his boss. Maybe "like a toady's head" would be clearer? Or is the term "toady" (referring to a sycophant) too obscure?

Thanks again for your time and responses!