Our future comes to peace
Historical competitions
Winners Living
Losing?
A sacrifice play
An opponent close to death
No killing just blood sport
Wrestling with elbows
Hand-to-hand
Beat into submission
No killing
Then came a game
More warriors
Keep a ball in play
Walls with stone Hoop goals.
A ball moving
Forearms and feet.
Resolving disputes of war
Possible human sacrifices
Made to the gods
A rubber ball through the rings
A ball could break bones
Professionals and amateurs
Bet on outcomes
Captives forced to play
A game and a feathered headdress
Trophies
A stone human head
A stick handle
A ceremonial winner
Graves
Sport in the underworld
A losing team
Sacrificed to the gods.
Holy decapitation
The head goes up
The body goes down
Skull racks of severed heads
Just in stone for memory
For ball courts.
And today we leave the primitive