Persian Bravery, in Silence

(On the Theory of Silence)

I was born to be a defending midfielder, I am thin from the waste up and a Marine from the waste down; in my youth I could run forever, and I am pugnacious. I sired two attacking midfielders, go figure, who knew only one direction—forward. My addiction to soccer (“futbal”) started in fourth grade with a Dutch Jewish Holocaust Survivor as coach, Harry F…