Gameday Preview: Red Wings @ Sharks: 11/17/11

Detroit @ San Jose
7:30 PM PST
DET: 9-6-1
SJS: 9-5-1

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Shark
A parody of Wallace Stevens' "Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Blackbird"

If you haven't read the original, please do.

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Shark


I
Among twenty thousand fans
The only thing moving
Was the skate of the Shark.

II
I was of three minds
Like a PK
In which there are three Sharks.

III
The Shark whirled on the frozen ice.
It was a small part of the game.

IV
A man and a woman
Are one.
A man and a woman and a Shark
Are one.

V
I do not know which to prefer,
The thrill of the PP
Or the fear of the PK,
The referee announcing a penalty
Or just after.

VI
Gloves filled the cold ice
With intentions of punches.
The shadow of the Shark
Crossed it, to and fro.
The mood
Traced in the shadow
A decipherable cause.

VII
O strange men of the East,
Why do you imagine Original Six teams?
Do you not see how the Shark
Skates around the feet
Of the teams about you?

VIII
I know wrist shots
And straight, unfluttering slap shots;
But I know, too,
That the Shark is involved
In what I know.

IX
When the Shark skated out of sight,
It marked the end
Of one of many playoff series.

X
At the sight of Sharks
Skating in a teal light,
Even the Wings of wheels
Would cry out sharply.

XI
He flew over the country
In a private plane.
Once, a fear pierced him,
In that he mistook
The shadow of his equipage
For Sharks.

XII
The fog horn is sounding.
The Shark must be scoring.

XIII
It was California all day.
It was sunny
And it was going to stay sunny.
The Shark sat
In the teal Tank.

Prediction: Sharks win 4-3 with goals from Joe Pavelski, Logan Couture (x2), and Torrey Mitchell.