Mighty Casey

Parody of "Casey At The Bat" with apologies to Ernest Lawrence Thayer The outlook was quite brilliant for the high school stud that year— the senior prom was coming up, and Casey had no fear. The babe he hoped to take he knew would happily comply, for Casey was quite popular, the envy of each guy. And she, of course, was stunning, in a Barbie sort of way, and any fellow would be proud to date her any day! There was ease in Casey's manner, a real confidence infusion— that she would smile and tell him 'yes' was a foregone conclusion. For Casey was the captain of his high school football team and she was head cheerleader, with a face that made boys dream. Deciding he would ask her to the prom with a sweet note, composed in a romantic style, which late one night he wrote. Next day at lunch, the courtyard packed with hustling and bustle, wearing the shirt that he picked out that best showed off his muscle— approaching boldly, Casey handed her his heart-shaped note. His dream girl read it, then looked up and softly cleared her throat. Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright, The high school pep band plays somewhere, and high school hearts are light; And somewhere boys are laughing, and somewhere schoolgirls shout, But there's no joy in his world—mighty Casey has struck out. Written 25 Dec 2020