bambino

(written before the 2004 world series, when  the curse on the red sox — the curse of the babe — was the one incontestable proof of the supernatural.)

there is no god

there is no devil

no hell no heaven

     there is the curse

there's no lucifer

nor jehovah

ain't no allah

     just the curse

there's no dracula

no nosferatu

no chthullu

     there is a curse

no mars no venus

no indra brahma

no ramakrishna

     ah yes the curse

delete old wodin

ignore poseidon

bugger buddha

     trust the curse

think not of gandalf

forget skywalker

get over buffy

     bet on the curse