It took awhile to accept
that I wouldn’t get rich
from selling baseball cards.
As rookie cards
of steroid enhanced players
don’t hold much value
and the moral decay
of our society otherwise
simply will not tolerate
impurity in the nation’s pastime.
The sportswriters sit in judgment
in the dark booth in a cheap bar
drinking cheap whiskey
and smoking cheap cigars.
Somehow, the players
don’t measure up
to this strict moral code.