Let's build a roaring fire

and bellow out mindless songs in unison.

Let's flex our chests and feel the testosterone

coursing through us in animal rivers.

Let's laugh until we

double up at jokes about Doing It and

Getting Some. Let's talk

defensive secondaries and offensive lines and

pound the beers

until everyone is our friend. Let's

arm wrestle and talk trash and yell "bullshit!" until we're

hoarse.

And then let's go home

and once more take off our furs and bearskins and horned helmets

and remember to use the right fork at dinner and to raise our little

fingers when we drink tea and wait until

the next time we get together

and become happy barbarians again.