Game 69

CHI 109               SAC 102

Within a minute
Of television calling the election
For Obama,

My mother had me
On the phone.

This is the first time
In my whole life
That I’ve been proud
To be an American.

My wife (not yet my wife)
Hopped on the El
And went to Grant Park--

To the victory party.

Damn--
I wish I was there.
I bet that was some party.

I was working
In an empty restaurant
In Texas--

Everyone of us
Drunk.
Hopeful.

As though
This
Was the first step
In fixing
Everything.

And maybe it would have been.

But at the end of the day
This is a player’s league.

And some teams,
Despite their talent,
Are just uncoachable.