The Only Difference

The only difference between your city and mine

Is that I know exactly where I am. The hustle-

bustle of people getting ready for work in the

Morning is pretty much the same most anywhere

In any city. The only difference between your city

And mine is that I know exactly where I am. Today

In most cities of any size, it’s pretty much the same—

Busses, cars and trucks running in the streets ma-

king pick-ups and deliveries, getting to wherever

They are going, coming from wherever they come,

Tall buildings, fast-food places and frantic paces,

All pretty much the same. Stop and go, to and fro

Little variation in the flow, all alike as I see it. You

Have coffee in your city to begin your morning, and

I have coffee in mine as well. Only difference be-

tween your city and mine would be the name. And

I know exactly where I am. There are only two cities

In my country this year and every year where the

World Series is played, and I happen to live in one

Of those. And so, the only difference between your

City and mine is that I know exactly where I am. In

My city it is raining this morning. It may be raining

In your city as well. Your city’s team may not be in

The World Series, but it could still be raining there.

Your team need not have won the Pennant in its

League for the rain to fall. The only difference then

Between your city and mine is that the World Series

Begins here in my city this evening, provided the rain

Lets up. And too, I know exactly where I am. I guess

That pretty much explains the difference between your

City and mine, the only difference I can see between

You and me. And, you gotta love the hometown team,

Provided you know exactly where you are, and perhaps

Living in that other city playing in the World Series this year.

Chris Hanch  10-27-15