Where Everyday Life Ends

A parody of "Where the Sidwalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein. The explication for my parody, "Where Everyday Life Ends" is below the poem.

There is a place where everyday life ends
And before the cheers begin,
And there the grass grows even in height,
And there the floodlights light up bright,
And there the referee whistles to start the fight
To play in the bracing wind.

Let us leave this place where the life becomes black
And the dark living overextends.
Past the days full of frost snow
We shall cheer with a cheer that is passionate and aglow,
And watch where the players go
To the place where everyday life ends.

Yes we'll cheer with a cheer that is passionate and aglow,
And watch where the players go,
For the crowd, an experience, and the crowd, they know
The place where everyday life ends.

I wrote this parody thinking from a soccer fan's perspective. And I tried to have the omnipresent feeling in the poem that going to watch your soccer team is like a vacation from everyday life which lasts 90 minutes.

Soccer fans started as lower-class people, especially in England where the sport originates from. And these working-class people, who were part of the industrial revolution, kept themselves alive through soccer. Every weekend, going to watch your favourite club, taking your children to sing the songs which your dad taught you as a child, and most importantly, feeling part of a group of people. Because no matter how alone someone was, they were welcomed into stadiums by fellow fans, all with the same thought of watching their favorite side play.

My favorite line is, "We shall cheer with a cheer that is passionate and aglow," and this is because every fan sang his heart out, supporting the 11 players on the field. The players out there were idols, even legends in the people's eyes, and the unison of the everyday man and the admired athlete is one which is seen throughout history in soccer. The sport has always been about including people, whether they be of different race, or religion, it didn't matter. The crowd which worked all week, got a day of entertainment, watching legends play soccer, while they supported them with their cheers.