When I read that the first
all-female soccer team from Tibet
who were to lead the opening day
parade at the Cotton Bowl Stadium
then play for the Dallas Cup—
the first sports team of any sex
to represent Tibet in a tournament
on American soil— have been denied
visas by the US Embassy who declared they
“have no good reason to visit the US,”
I want to get people together to kick something
really hard, send it sailing into a clearly marked
target rimmed in orange at the end of a field,
and score and score and score and score.