Cross-Town Rivalry

A tattered scorecard
A pennant
An autograph or two
For most kids that will do as a souvenir
from a day at the game
A double-header; what could be better?

This kid, two to three times the age of your
average player, never had a prayer that she
would return home with such a treasure.

It was a foul ball up into the stands
Grown men ducked, children raised their
mitts aloft, but it was I who caught the
ball

The crowd gave a cheer!

And this kid went home with her souvenir in
her purse and the Cubs beat the Sox, so what
could be worse?

The South against the North
Oh how that ball did soar
At this modern-day civil war

Sheila Bernstein