We want your input! Letters to AFM should include the name, address and telephone number of the writer. Mail to: AFM, P.O. Box 13079, North Palm Beach, FL, 33408. Or, you can e-mail your letter to us at letters@americanfootballmonthly.com or reach us via fax at (561) 627-5275. Visit AFM online at www.americanfootballmonthly.com. Dear AFM: I had to send you this poem that one of my seventh graders wrote for his fitness class. I thought it was pretty darn good considering this kid is in the seventh grade. Enjoy.Yours in football,Bob JamesAssistant Football CoachLaPorte High SchoolLaPorte, INThe following is the poem James forwarded, LinemenHalfbacks dance and halfbacks flirt, while linemen crawl and eat the dirt. When game time comes, backs run the ball. When glory comes, they get it all.But if 100 yards they gain, it's through the linemen's sweat and pain.While halfbacks cry when they
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