YOU
TODAY
I don't like sports so that I have
SOMETHING to talk about
with
STRANGERS
BUT
you could make the case
that I don't REALLY
WATCH SPORTS
at all
which is FAIR, I don't very often
BUT
I'm confident that
when I do
it isn't about the water cooler
ALTHOUGH
I don't HATE talking about sports sometimes
I ENJOYED the
HOME RUN TALK
back in the, what was it, late nineties-early two thousands, I'm not sure
McGuire was doing cross-over sh*t with
$t*rbuk$ and it was a nice
VALUE ADD
I have, however, strong weather game
I can TALK about
WEATHER
the truth is
I'm almost NEVER LOOKING for
CONVERSATION
from anyone
WHAT I LIKE about SPORTS is
DEPENDING
MAYBE a CONNECTION to the HUMAN
SPIRIT or TEAMWORK
OR
PHYSICAL EXCELLENCE
LIKE watching
DANCERS
MAYBE
BUT
there is all that
with baseball at least
statistical probability
in situations like THIS
there is a blah blah probability of blah blah
AND
THIS is MAYBE the REAL KICKER
CAN they
PULL it OFF
in the CLUTCH
I f*CKing
LOVE
when "my team"
LIKE
MANIFESTS
the WIN
THROUGH force of will
I MEAN
SKILL is good too
BUT
I'm looking, I think, for the
RISE of HUMAN potential
TEAMWORK
at least I'm pretty sure that's my thing
NOT saying that's
NORMAL
I have this
WEAKNESS
when it comes to golf
my paw paw
LOVED it
BUT
I don't, so much
he was poor
his father died when he was like eight
& it sounds like his
MANY MANY siblings home
was pretty chaotic
if the boys started fighting at all
his mother threw them outside
& if they wanted
MORE
than the one glass of milk
they had to
PAY her for it
I WISH I KNEW
HOW
he got interested in golf
BUT
he RAN to the golf course
EVERY DAY
BEFORE SCHOOL
to CADDY
SO
that he could earn money
to PLAY
HE was a
GOLFER
& my gran gran was a
PIANIST
&
NONE
of the children, or grandchildren
KNOW how to DO
EITHER of those THINGS
it FEELS like
LEGACY LOST
