______________________photo susi white
i've been lovin the beast that won't love back
skyscraper spine and a side walking crack
the pain of 8 million loaded up on my rack
that i'm unstrapping from my shoulders
and never looking back
you can stay here if you want to suffer
i've got fire flies to count
you can play here with the prickled puffers
proclaiming their dark doubts
this is not my dream
it never has been
i'm going home to the sandlot
where the lousy losers
win
i came here for loving
i came here for love
and big sir you're shoving
the bent beak of my dove
pullling up the cotton stripes
over our bleeding shins
at the bottom of the 9th
there's no way to re-begin
game on
game on
i can take it in the face
i'm strong
game on
game on
i can't watch this awful race
i'm gone
