Game 63

CHI 84               IND 98

A defeated smile
Painted like instinct--
Self-preservation
Masking proud faces.

Acting like it didn’t matter--
(full moon, t-shirt jerseys, black cat in the locker room--
strange omens)

Like the next one
Is the one that
Really counts.

We fans
File away
Paper memories.

Blow kindling--
Build fire.

The best rivalries
Are driving distance.