Just a damn game
come on!
A ball
pitcher
a hitter
catcher
come on
get real
it ain’t life
it ain’t death
it don’t add up too much
Fans come
and go
cheer
boo
eat
exhort
despair
it’s all silly
It don’t add up too much
History is made
you say?
Ah
come on
Catching a ball?
Some player has
a come back
story
and
you’re shedding tears?
Really now
Folks who
don’t even
realize
the leaves
are
drifting
down
onto
the
field
(those are baseball fans
oblivious)
They think anything
is possible
and
feel
in their heart
a rally
can
make
a difference
Imagine having
faith
in something
so
demonstrably
inane
Baseball
Really now
It don’t add up too much!
That world series
is over
in less than
two
weeks
World’s
got
a lot
more
important
stuff
Until
well
until
those creatures
with them
wings
put their
arms
around us
“You know
they
play up here
They play up here
all
the time!”
And you
realize
you are
alone
just
you
sitting
staring
at the field
just
you
Just you
