A Soccer Nightmare

There was an open field
          of green,

 But men placed lines,
     of white         
  to give it purpose,

Eleven boys,
   Against the robotic challengers,

    The programmed best,
        in the world,
   
      They were calfs to the slaughter,

Upper nighty header,
   No problem,

 Laser Banana Kick from corner,
    Done,

   Pinpoint traps,
    Passing with triganomic percision,
     Like only a computer could.

 It was 22-0 when we went to half time.
   And the coaches took us across the field,
     So they could yell without the fans hearing,

I was tired...
   And my knees felt old,
     What the fuck am I doing playing soccer?

The field slowly turned,
   from brilliant green,
  to a decaying black,

Everyone saw it, But the coaches called it nerves,
  I blinked and it was back to normal,
     I guess I was cracking under pressure,

Unfortunately I was guarding the best robot on the other team,
    And letting 10 goals go by me,
    Wasn't fucking acceptable

But frankly I didn't mind being benched.
      I could relax and watch the game,

I really could use some Gatorade,
   And a soft pretzel,

The lights on the field slowly truned on,
   as the coaches finished their lecture,
   and as we began to walk back across the field
      it started to rain.

   Hopefully i don't have to go back in, 

I went to the end of the bench
            furthest from the coaches,
    and sat down ever so gently,

  But the bench was a foot off the ground,
     As i sat down the vibrations ran down the bleacher,

    The coaches noticed me,
      Eying me to get ready,
   To put my body through pain,

I begun
 to stretch to pray,

When a spotlight shined on me,
   as well as a couple other players to come say hello,
     to the troops returning home,

they were in the grandstands
                and I had no problem giving up
 what so ever playing time,
   To hang out and talk..

As I made my way up the grand stands,
   And noticed a wire on the bleachers.

I accidently kicked it,
   and triggered hush amongst the crowd.

I noticed a spark come from the wire,
    And a man quickly reached for it,
     But it slipped his grasp,
  And fell under the grandstands,

There was an intake of air,
    as the crowds mouths opened wide

And a shrill cry,
  Made the hair on my back stand straight,

I turned around
     to see what was going on the field,

  To notice the machines malfunctioning,

             But

     Combined with the wet conditions,

                   It caused the units to spark out,

          electrocuting every person on the field,

             And                          

           There body's shook uncontrollably.