IT WAS THE ANSWER TO A MUCH-ASKED QUESTION
AS THE BOOS RAINED DOWN FROM LAMBEAU'S STANDS
DIRECTED MOSTLY AT THE VIKINGS QUARTERBACK
BUT MANY WERE AIMED AT BRETT THE MAN

HE DIDN'T SEEM HURT OR DISAPPOINTED
OR FOR THAT MATTER EVEN VERY SURPRISED
IT CERTAINLY DIDN'T DISTRACT HIM
BUT INSTEAD LIT A FIRE IN HIS EYES

AND THAT WAS HOW THE GAME WENT
WITH THE VIKINGS HAMMERING ON GREEN BAY
THE PACKERS WERE OVERWHELMED AND OVERMATCHED
WHILE IT ALL WAS GOING MINNESOTA'S WAY

THE PACKERS RALLIED IN THE SECOND HALF
AND WENT ON QUITE THE SCORING RUN
BUT FAVRE KEPT THROWING TOUCHDOWN PASSES
AND THE DAMAGE COULDN'T BE UNDONE

ADRIAN PETERSON MADE CONTRIBUTIONS
WHILE RICE AND HARVIN  DID THEIR PARTS
BUT IT WAS A LATE SCORING TOSS TO BERNARD BERRIAN
THAT PROVED TO BE THE FATAL DART

IT WASN'T THAT THE PACKERS WEREN'T TRYING
BUT MORE THAT THEY SIMPLY WERE OVERPOWERED
THE INABILITY TO STOP THE VIKINGS' PASS RUSH
LEFT AARON RODGERS TO SIMPLY BE DEVOURED

SIX MORE TIMES HE WAS KNOCKED TO THE TURF
FOR A TOTAL OF FOURTEEN  IN THESE TWO GAMES
LEAVING THE MAN IN CHARGE OF THE PACKERS' OFFENSE
SO BATTERED HE WAS READY TO BURST INTO FLAMES

ON THE OTHER HAND THE PACKERS' DEFENSE
LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE MOVING AT A SLOWER SPEED
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THEY'VE ALL FORGOTTEN HOW TO PLAY
AND NOW ITS FOR A DIFFERENT SCHEME THEY PLEAD

AT TIMES THIS PACKERS TEAM LOOKS PRETTY GOOD
MORE OFTEN THEY JUST LOOK BARELY ADEQUATE
BUT THE WAY THEY'VE PLAYED AGAINST THE VIKINGS
GIVES FANS TWO GAMES WE'D ALL LIKE TO FORGET

THE PACKERS TRAVEL THIS WEEK TO THE FLORIDA SUN
TO FACE THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
ANOTHER TEAM WHOSE WEEKLY PERFORMANCE
NEARLY BRINGS THEIR FANS TO TEARS

THE BUCS MAY HAVE HAD THEIR PROBLEMS
BUT THE PACKERS HAVE STRUGGLED ON THEIR FIELD
HOPEFULLY MCCARTHY AND HIS COACHING STAFF
HAVE FOUND A WAY TO GET THE PACKERS HEALED&..

                  Carl "Gator" Nelson
Packers 'verses' Vikings: A Poetic Perspective
       www.PackersversesVikings.com