A TIR Post-Race Poem

If you haven't already, you'll have to spend a little time on the Texas Independence Relay message boards (especially to see a response from Jay and Joy regarding all of the gratitude that people have paid to them).

In some of the threads, especially the one titled, "Best Team Name Thus Far", there are a number of poems. Many of them are from Corpus Christi's Rich Martucci and are quite funny!

Here is one that I'll be adding today:

We came, we ran, we saw and had fun
Man o man, the leg from Flatonia was hot under the sun

I wore my hat and we threw down the Challenge
Boy o boy, was it met as all hanged in the balance

The Road Warriors came and put up a fight
Though certainly unlike the dog from Borden who was sure quick to bite

They kept saying that the Captain's leg was so sweet
And I didn't fully appreciate it till a new friend I did meet

He shared a survivor's story that made me cry
Yet nothing quite like hearing my daughter sing a post-race lullaby

"These Arms" she got to sing with Rodney
That left her Dad just a little bit weak-kneed

The plan, it worked well and turned out quite nifty
As I cheered the Road Warriors' finish hollering, "Fifty. Fifty."

Enjoy!