Play Ball!

Each and every...

disappointment...

now...

a further revelation...

liniment...

the pitcher's arm...

if there's...

the slightest indication...

of a likelihood...

to score...

and bench him...

for...

an inning more...

or three...

the best...

are benched...

the worst...

are wooed...

the crowd...

goes wild...

the vict'ry skewed...

sport sure isn't...

what it once...

was dude...

there are no...

balls...

upon the field...

now...

just segments...

of complete control...

from press booths...

where...

the cam'ras...

roll and glitch...

and owners...

off the sides...

are counting billions...

getting rich...

in ev'ry game...

it is the same...

as long as...

people stand..

in cues...

allowing scalpers...

gratitude...

for robbing them...

for rules...

were written...

as a token...

once...

when honest men...

were playing...

ev'ry child believed...

in hero's...

now...

the whole...

damn thing...

is gone...

and all...

that you believed...

is wrong...

and...

you...

sport's fans...

have...

made it happen...

victory...

at any cost...

to hell...

so...

all the rules...

were tossed...

to satisfy...

your selves...

now...

the lions...

eat the christians...

gladiators...

beat the piss...

from anyone...

and you just...

ROAR...

and cast...

your little...

devil sign...

and scream...

for more...

how sad...

how sad...

and small...

you are...

and this...

is what...

it's all become...

the beast alive...

in every one...

Written by Bruce James Clyde 2015