My first baseball game
second grade I believe
recess out on the playground
they didn't use a baseball
it was a soccer sized ball
you whacked at it with the bat
and then you ran
that's what I saw the other kids do
you ran
I didn't know one thing about baseball
I didn't know you were supposed to stop at the base when the ball was being thrown there
and someone called out SAFE!
or OUT!
Mom's Second Big Mistake
having shown me nothing 'bout anything
'cept how to be passive aggressive
so I just kept running
running home
because I didn't know
you know
and the kids thought I was dumb or something
or maybe had a screw loose
'cause next time up I did it again
and they were yelling STOP
but I kept on running
running home
and I didn't look back
And when it came time to bust out of
that little town
years down the line
I ran
and kept on running
running away from home
And I didn't look back
