I'll betcha he appreciated that very much. Seriously, no sarcasm.
Marcus Lattimore the poet
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Not directly in this poem. But he has made comments in the last that leaned that way.
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?
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.
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.
Lattimore is my favorite Gamecock. He left it on the battlefield for my entertainment and I’m grateful. He can do what he wants.
If you look at life primarily by your emotional reaction to events, your outlook will be flawed. There must be a rational aspect called reasoning that the mind is capable of, that primarily molds one's outlook. Otherwise, you might just go around blaming groups of people for real or imagined actions and not take personal responsibility.
Maybe he did not divorce himself from the expectations of others soon enough. Regardless, I will still pull for him to figure life out and be a success in whatever he does that is constructive.
In hindsight, I am now glad I was not a fast enough runner to have been a good football player. It is just not worth the damage it can do to a person's body. It is the older men who live vicariously through younger men's physical struggles that might need help with analysis. Maybe I fit in that group.
Forcing a kid into a contact sport, or belittling a hesitant kid seems abusive.