Spotlights

Monday, October 11, 2010

For the turnstiles - and the Bombers

Oh yes .. we may not know what the fuck Sinclair is getting at.
but we can find an old Ebbetts' Field Turnstyle on the web!
Damn right we can! Now someone explain what Sinclair's getting at?
Ed's note ... yes i know it's Neil effin Young ... a Winnipeg legend
with a very famous sportswriting father Scott. So let's
just leave that at that and say it's a paean to a lovely day in autumn.
HONK HONK HONK! NORTH SIDE SUCKS!!! GAV

By John Sinclair - PTE Poet Emeritus
All the sailors
with their seasick mamas
Hear the sirens on the shore,
Singin' songs
for pimps with tailors
Who charge ten dollars
at the door.
You can really
learn a lot that way
It will change you
in the middle of the day.
Though your confidence
may be shattered,
It doesn't matter.
All the great explorers
Are now in granite laid,
Under white sheets
for the great unveiling
At the big parade.
You can really
learn a lot that way
It will change you
in the middle of the day.
Though your confidence
may be shattered,
It doesn't matter.
All the bushleague batters
Are left to die
on the diamond.
In the stands
the home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles,
For the turnstiles,
For the turnstiles.

____________________
John Sinclair
john.sinclair@yahoo.com

1 comment:

  1. It's a Neil Young song you dolts ... and it was put there because .. well .. because Neil's dad Scotty Young , renowned Canuck sports journalist - Tele - Globe - Macleans and Star - went thru many turnstyles diring the course of his career ... oh shit i dunno? am i close? anyone? gav

    ReplyDelete