thanks forever:ything

well canada defeated germany
i'm still not satisfied with canada's performace
they came out strong, but finished off weak.

i remember when i was 12,
our home team went to the stanley cup finals
against the new york rangers
and i was on the side of a highly congested stretch of road
with a sheet of plywood, stolen from a construction site
spraypainted on one side ' honk for canucks ' --
' go canucks go ' on the other
we made the evening news and the local paper
rollerblading around town waving a white towel
roaring and chanting at the coliseum
over the big screens during away games
ending up in a riot downtown

...kids these days.
we're nothing.

hockey used to be our national identity
now it's just a stereotype we can't live up to