radio free america
play-by-play deejay
dominating the airwaves
feets stomping and voices shouting
ordinary citizens rejoicing in city square
they pipe in radio from the clouds
or so the children are told
it’s absolutely magic they cry
dancing the night away
far away high-stepping drum majors
lead troops out of war zones
prisoners bound and singing
bringing up the rear
meanwhile baseball diamond
becomes makeshift refugee camp
address announcer recounting
nineteen sixty-seven world series
september two thousand seventeen
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