A drifter and a dodger
drifting away from relationships
dodging commitments
Poor fellow
never found pleasure
in self-enrichment
Though they fell into an abyss,
I don't think it's the apocalypse.
So, nevertheless and all the same,
I'll watch today's Dodgers game.
When I travelled to London Town
I never expected this to go down
Artful Dodger came out of the dark
Smiled at me, as if I was a lark
He was rumpled and crumpled, this tallish boy
I did not know what to say, so I said “ahoy”.
He put one finger in front of his mouth and faded away.
I was glad I had come to London Town on this day.
The Brooklyn boys went to LA.
In Ebbett’s Field, they did not stay.
They play in the sun.
Los Angeles loves Dodger blue.
The team is a contender true.
They are number one.
There once was a man named Rodger
Who became an expert tax dodger
He had boxes of papers
Documenting his capers
And kept them till he was a codger
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