Because it has worked,
so far,
once more . . .

Dear Basketball Gods:
I beseech you;
I implore you.
And, I offer up more prayers and supplications.

Hell, I’d sacrifice a virginal woodchuck
or, better yet, a whole hoard of syphilitic weasels
if that would do the trick
(And, please note, I’m not generally one who goes in for animal sacrifices)

But . . .

PLEASE

in the name of your hardwood holiness:

GO CARDS.

. . .

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EDIT:

I am, now,
happy!