Empty the Bench

Since posting about Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ongoing Lakers blog on NBA.com, we here at Empty the Bench just haven’t been able to pull ourselves away from his thoughtful prose. As such, we’ve decided to regularly reprint select passages of Flea articulately expressing himself through words. We hope you enjoy this week’s excerpt concerning the Lakers’ recent losing skid as much as we do. Aspiring poets out there, class is in session.

And, if you have any favorite Flea passages of your own, please do feel free to post them in the comments section.

that is the only way they are gonna have the sun break through this
storm cloud that has fallen around them
they have to all believe and give their hearts to the team ….that
is the only way to lift from this murky malaise they are treading in
holy cow maybe they need more tough love
like a good old fashioned booing from the home crowd next time they
start acting up like this
no, that’s a terrible idea that wouldn’t help anything
it’s just me being desperate
love is the answer
if we lose we lose
but letting teams prance down into the middle of the lane and score
is lame
cant happen
they gotta step up and show some heart
they gotta be (to quote the ghostface killah) ‘tough like an
elephant’s tusk’