Wasted Month

March is the maddest month, breeding

Gators from the South regional, mixing

Golden eagles and Buckeyes, stirring

Bulldogs to close wins.

Harvard surprised us, coming over New Mexico

In a shower of threes.

I watch, much of the night, and wager on Duke.

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