Game 90

Round Two - Game Two
CHI 91               CLE 106

My wife
Doesn’t really care about basketball--
Not like some people.

Not like me.

She is a video artist.
A creator of things.

Smart as a whip.
Sharp as a switchblade.

And she can’t
Stand
LeBron James.

“If he wasn’t such a BITCH,
He would be
Dangerous.”
She says--
Close as you'll come
To a compliment.

Cold blooded
For real.

“In the book Ways of Seeing,” *
She explains--
Tone shifting 
Through crooked crafty smile,

“Berger talks about how people see themselves.”

“Men see themselves
As they imagine they are.
While women see themselves
As they imagine others see them.”

Interesting--

A lifetime spent
Discerning one’s value
Through the eyes of others.

The male gaze.

“Look at him on the bench.
Little fuss bucket--
Pulling faces--
All the other players are
Watching the game--
He’s busy watching people
Watch him.”

Must be weird
To exist in this megaphone / microscope
That is
America the media frenzy.

“He puts wigs on at home,
And it makes him feel pretty.
I’d fucking put money on it.”


* Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. New York: Viking, 1973.