Halo 4-itis?

Halo 4

Youngest son is home from school; he says he isn't well...

Doesn't have a fever but his glands began to swell;

Nose is stuffed, he has a cough, and claims his throat is sore...

I suspect the boy has got a case of Halo 4.

Oldest went and bought the game the morning it came out.

Both have tried explaining to me what it's all about.

Seems there's some poor Master Chief - who's always in a fight -

Woken from a frozen sleep 'cause something wasn't right.

I must say, the graphics in the game are pretty wild.

Not exactly Sonic games... He loved those as a child.

Both my sons are blown away and, now - the youngest, sick?

Maybe I'm just cynical, but I think it's a trick.

The Boston Red Sox - Curt Schilling

Sure, I could have gone with the more recent (angry) pictures of Schilling - leaving meetings with Rhode Island's Governor, while offering no comments and scowling at the press - for this rhyme, but I like this picture better.

Former Red Sox pitching hero has been less than willing

To disclose his finances and so Rhode Island's killing

Off the deal they made with him to move him to their state.

Think he should have stuck to throwing strikes across the plate.

Even after all the cash Rhode Island threw his way

Studio put out a game that few folks want to play.

(I have seen some clips of it and thought the graphics thrilling.)

Sorry that it hasn't worked out well for Mr. Schilling

For, he has the loyalty a bloodied Sox has earned...

Still, a snarky part of me just grinned the day I learned

He supports the Tea Party so I can't understand

Why he got so angry after he went, hat in hand,

Asking for  a bailout and Rhode Island turned him down.

Locked his doors, turned off the lights...  It seems he's skipping town.

Hope he finds investors 'cause that multi-player game

Could put Schilling's Studio back on the road to fame.

Is he too ambitious? Maybe... That's the way it goes.

How else does one reach the Hall of Fame, do you suppose?

I've seen Schilling down before and watched him climbing back.

Given time, I'm positive, he'll soon be in the black.