he had been to a college basketball game

a booster had two tickets he couldnt use and offered them to him for him and a buddy

                                                                                            You wouldnt have believed it. They were upholstered easy chairs couple steps up off the floor eight feet back. It was amazing.

he didnt mind dampening his spirits If one likes basketball

somewhatsnarled If I invited you you’d be singing a different song.

    You know I woud have thanked you an declined

                                                          Why you didnt offer

You don’t know that.

You offer

 

 

My point

              But you had a good time

I did.

 

So . . . halftime . entertainment by lotsa women.

Women  Coeds

                 Grrls

They’re at least eighteen.

An youre not

 

I’m not.

             

                  Lotsa of pomp and circumstances, I’d forgotten the hierarchy.

Hierarchy

Come on, you must remember high school basketball halftimes.

Wha year

Year?

Frosh soph junior senior

Senior year.

Closest to college age

    Yes.

An wha about senior year

The pageantry. The girls.

                            The hierarchy.

I cant confirm

You can’t . . . what do you mean you can’t confirm?

Halftime I beat it out of the gymnasium to sip some Jack blow a joint with buddies return for the second half

No prancing girls

Really?

I said

Why would you do that?

Why did you do tha

Those were the best looking girls.

I care to differ

These gir . .

. . Women

    These women were mighty goodlooking.

Prancing pomp an circumstance

                                     An hierarchy

Im dying to learn

                   Please

You’re teasing.

I am

       Continue your explanation

The hierarchy evidently has roots in your high school glory days

Nice face

 

You want to hear or not?

I want to hear it seen through your eyes

 

The flag wavers first.

Flag wavers

                 Flags  Banners   On pointy lances

I didn’t notice.

Coud they have impaled you

I don’t know I didn’t notice.

Lookin at the grrls

Yes.

How many

What? How many?

Does that matter?

Im assuming theyre base for this heighty hierarchy

Hell.  Ten, twelve.

Thank you

 

 

You . . . something else to say?

Im listening

               The burgeoning beauties havent arrived yet  Next

    Next were the cheerleaders.

Obviously enthusiastic an better lookin than the lancers

How many of them

What’s with knowing their number?

All this beauty I expect you scoped each an every one

                                                           Or did you linger

Ten twelve.

Thank you

             Im assuming theres a cherry on top no pun intended may not be cherries by college

Jesus.

I believe he was despite Saint Mary Magdalene

                                                   The cherries cream of the crop  evidently

The song girls.

Song girls

They’re the dancers danced . shook it to the music.

Wha music an why song girls if theyre dancers Id think theyd be dance girls

We called them that in high school.

Aah

       Thank you

I have no idea

    You don’t remember high school basketball games as an underclassman?

I played

I’m talking varsity basketball.

Not as frosh soph played varsity junior year bounced midseason for tellin the coach to fuck himself

What are you talking about?

I deserved the bench deserved playing time didnt have to win every game by forty points by blowouts to make him feel superior manly clown refused to play me one on one had eight inches on me

Why senior year when I was immediately cut when I showed for tryouts  At games we went outside to sip an toke

Song girls the hottest of the three phalanxes ten twelve jah

 

    Yes.

An you made eye contact with one

Or so you thought

I did.

Yadidnt

I did. She looked me in the eyes.

Play Misty for Me

                  You thoughtpause   pause  shes a performer athletes are performers ever see one spectator in a crowd while you were playing

I did. What?

I didnt  I knew they were there but I was playing

                                                     Why woudya pay attention to a crowd Yawoudnt

She didnt

She did.

You can tell yourself tha 

                                An regarding this hierarchy

Yaoughta share tha with those girls or ask some women your own age see wha they think 

    A larger sample size

 

Yareally ought to

1438,  Saturday,  14  2. 26

1251,  Sunday,  15  2. 26

Bruce Springsteen  Glory Days  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvUOgIgLqOQ

Errol Garner  Misty  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOLEEkYO4MA