“Baseball at the Trough”
Oh, What a nightmare
from which I just awoke!
I paid 30 bucks to see it
and five more to sip a Coke
Plus ten for a souvenir
leaving 8 to buy a beer
Wish it were a dream
No. Baseball’s coming here
First we must build it
so all the fans may come
to the shores of Anacostia
Otherwise, a slum
A temple for a game
where grown men hit and slide
jewelry sparkling, steroids pumping
Look…the vane and brute are tied!
Half a billion for a stadium
is the mayor’s fastest pitch
An anti-trust curveball
guaranteed to keep them rich
Oh, Montreal may miss you
despite their empty seats
but the Capitol is where you belong
where spenders are athletes
Though the play may be on the field
when the bleachers cry and shout
The action’s in the skybox
where lobbyists pig out
Twisting arms with tickets
suckling at the trough
A grand slam of secret government
Democracy: a pick-off!
So what to call these former Expos
to face the Yankees of New York?
Why not just admit the travesty?
How about “The Pork?”
Capitol Hill