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How the Commish Ruined Christmas

The Basketball Jones

Every ball fan
Down in Fan-ville
Liked Christmas a lot …

But The Commish,
Who lived in New York,
Absolutely did not!

The Commish hated Christmas! The whole Christmas season!
Now, please don’t ask why — could be religious reasons.
It could also be that his head wasn’t screwed on tight.
It could be, perhaps, that he just likes a fight.
But I think that the most likely reason of all
May have been that he hated NBA basketball.

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