Cubs Fan

Suffering is your birthright:

the team’s still directionless and confused

short-term replacements with underpay

needs good starting pitching, a lot of it

two runners again left on base.

They say they’re building a core and

this isn’t just another rebuild

while the Cubs Chairman feels your pain

as washed-up prima donnas

tease with a near playoff appearance.

A good and decent person you must be

for there is no more tortured

sports fan in the world than you

nor one that is more delighted to be

called “lovable loser.”

With an eternal mantra “Wait until next year,”

and though the Cubs may stink again, you say

give away my ticket, hell no

never stop the Hope

just take me out to that Wrigley game!

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