Marcus Lattimore the poet

[atl-cock]

I was standing in line at the Will Call window to pick up my tickets for a hockey game along with Cardinals catcher Ted Simmons. We had a nice, normal conversation while waiting. Baseball never came up.

I'll betcha he appreciated that very much. Seriously, no sarcasm.

 

[Guy in the Back]

I didn't read the story so don't know. Did he say he was a victim or was that just posters conclusions?

Not directly in this poem. But he has made comments in the last that leaned that way.

 

[Jeremiah Bullfrog]

Is this the same guy who played football here? FWIW, I've always thought spoken word stuff was idiotic.

How else would poetry be read? I mean I hear a voice in my head when I read anything but this is the voice of the author so all the subtleties are included and there is no guess work.
Plays are read aloud on stage or in front of camera. Are those idiotic as well?

It’s called life…..it’s tough…..wear a helmet.

I’m a beloved football star, people love me and look out for me, I am famous and school is paid for. Rough stuff.

I bet he never paid for a meal while here. He had a nasty injury that could have happened anywhere at any time. That part makes me sad for him.

Any issues he has probably go deeper than his time here. If he hated football he could have quit at any moment

Just because he played football here is isn't entitled to have feelings about it or to convey his own personal experiences about it.

After years of conditioning by parents, coaches, peers, etc that he is a football player first and foremst, how was he supposed to have any other identity at 19 years old, 20 years old, etc.


This thread shows exactly why he left Columbia.

 

[Myrtlecock]

Pain is inevitable.

Victimhood is a choice.

 

[Lurker123]

Pain is inevitable.

Victimhood is a choice.

Victimhood sells though.

 

[Myrtlecock]

Victimhood sells though.

I would say it attracts. It attracts people who don't want to assume responsibility for their own lives. It's the lazy way out. Which makes this even more surprising coming from someone that worked as hard as he did for things he really wanted.