In one more vista of yoga pants,
In one more shadow
Of a frantic Black Friday shopper,
In one more traffic jam,
D’Angelo Russell decides he wants to join
The Lithuanian national team.
.
His rejection is met
In the world at large,
Under honking horns,
Amidst shrieking babies,
On the jet stream of
Ravenous capitalistic fury
.
As the nation
Braces for a “silent night”
And shuts its blinds and curtains
With alacrity,
Like a mouse hurrying for the end.