From: ascott@pacifier.com (Alan Scott)
Subject: Super Sunday (100 words)
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Summary: It's fourth and ten for Hunahpu and Xbalanque.
Keywords: Ullamalitzli, Chichen Itza
Organization: The Lords of Xibalba
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Date: 5 Nov 97 03:07:25 GMT
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  Twelve giants, heroes all, kneel exhausted on the gridiron, arms raised
in praise to a savage god.  Their women watch from places of honor in the
stands, each hoping that last night's revels have left within her the
seeds of future victors.  The throng cheers as acolytes carry the
vanquished from the field. 

  A dozen priests raise a dozen obsidian blades.  The clamor stills; the
cameras close in.  There is a clean crunch, this year, and a dozen heads
strike the turf as one. 

  That night, after the stains have dried, an old man paints a fresh
fifty-yard line. 

                                     ***

-- 
Alan P. Scott..................http://www.pacifier.com/~ascott/apshome.htm
      "Ambiguity... the devil's volleyball."
                                                    --Emo Philips
Online sources gratefully acknowledged:
http://k12.colostate.edu/~gmoreno/MesoAmerican_BallGame.html
http://www.cin.butte.cc.ca.us/~tben/sean/sean.html