The first petition

announced itself

with the cheery signature tune

of the over eager and the punished

by expectation gone wild.

Several more landed on my desk

before the night was out

and all bearing the same

words of elation,

the same impassioned glee

from a nation of fans who had witnessed

their heroes too often bite the dust.

I read the cheeky E-Mail

and then signed my name,

after all, how often do we get to enjoy

schadenfreude at the expense