Name of The Game

NAME OF THE GAME

The name of the game is POOL
-- pocket billiards
yes there are variations
Blliards, Three cushion,
Eight ball, Nine ball and Rotation
Even Snooker (what a funny name)
The books and manuals go on forever
beyond where you might arrive unless
as Byrne says,
"To be a top player divorce your wife,
quit your job, spend every minute playing."

Great players are magicians of ball control
Some even particle physicists
When the Tounaments were great a 100 years ago
the nation looked on like it was the Super Bowl
But time changes
Golf, bowling were the first to dethrone the king
Then the killer, video, like synthetic chocolate mixed with cocaine

But I am old school
Pixelation does nothing for me unless its porno
and even there I am fussy
play a video game? fuck off!
So I stand here, cue in hand,
mastering the profession I abandoned long ago
in my twilight I play in solitude
my companions of the past stand around the table
ghosts I haven't seen in 50 years
they've appeared out of nowhere
I recognize them by their stance,
the way they lower their body to aim
their shoulder straight, one foot forward
their unique 'bridge'
the angle of their chins, the tight grin
Their exhalation when successful

I'll tell you something the manuals don't
Pool is a very masculine game
the cue is a penis aiming the balls at the vaginal corners
and mid center holes
the table is ever thirsty for cock
there are no virgins here
they were ravaged the first day the table was assembled
you can sink your balls deeper than any woman will let you
you can fuck the whole long day and
no one but your hands will tire
or your legs give way
fucking while standing was always an effort
but the reward sat well with every thrust

So you try to master the 'english'
the 'draw' and the 'follow'
the 'squirt' and the 'stop'
you trim the cue tip
wax the shaft
discard or lay aside the warped
you do all a man can do
but you never roll a condom on your pool cue
except that one time I fucked Annie on the green felt