Vegas: Game 5

CHI 84               TOR 80

The Bulls
Like to sign
Coaches’ sons.

Kirk,
Dunny,
And now Doug.

Scrappy.
Hard workers.
Who play the game
The way they are
Supposed to play it.

Skill and discipline
Over athleticism.

Prototypical white boys
(I can say that because I’m a white boy).

Reminds me of those friends of mine
(all dancing with forty)
Who date young girls.

Daddy issues.

So many of us
Have grown up
Feeling inadequate
Is the eyes of our fathers.

We chase the approval of men
Like junkies chase
That first high.
That unconditional love.

But daddy--
Perfect despite everything--
Remains just out of reach.

Breeds a certain type of person.
A certain type of girlfriend.
And a certain type of white boy.