Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GIVE ME A GIRL, by WILLIAM A. PHELON


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GIVE ME A GIRL, by                    
First Line: Give me a girl who understands the game
Last Line: "give me a girl—who understands the game!"
Subject(s): Baseball; Ignorance; Sports; Women; Dullness; Stupdity


GIVE me a girl who understands the game,
And knows just when to cheer a rattling play—
And, better, knows just when to shut her lips,
Nor ask fool questions in a foolish way.
The law won't let you slay the girl who asks
The reason why the umpire does not bat—
Or why the pitcher, out there on the hill,
Wears an old cap and not a stylish hat—
The law won't let you in pure vengeance choke
The girl who, when the practicing is done,
Arises, starts to leave the scene, and says:
"Wasn't it wonderful? And which side won?"
You have to grin and bear it, though you know
That life in future won't be quite the same—
That's why I say, with bitterness of heart,
"Give me a girl—who understands the game!"





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