I don't know if you know Joe. Do you know Joe?

Well, I do, and even if there's nothing going on,

And you'd think nobody had to have an idea about that,

Why, Joe, is the type guy who always has an idea.

Take sports. I mean basketball, hockey, football,

Or track-running, I mean like that, or any sports,

You want to hear Joe's idea?

You would think, or I

Anyway would think that with sports either you play

Or you watch it. Well, one time Joe and I watched

A football game, and he played everything but that,

And I said my idea, You either play it or watch it.

And what do you think Joe said? Well, Joe said,

Sure, the two kinds, the players, and people watching.

But there's a third kind watching them both, always,

But mostly watching the players. The guys on the field,

They don't watch the stand, they watch this third kind,

And they always know it.

What's going on here? I said.

Joe said, Yes, there's something watching the players.

It's the Game. It's the perfect game, the ideal perfect

Game that never gets played or only in parts, flashes.

And another thing. The players don't watch the people

In the stands. No. It's the game in their minds.

Well, I said, Joe, you certainly have the ideas,

And you might be right, at that, I said, you might be right,