I want to give Glenn Burke a high five / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five for seeing Dusty Baker’s raised hand and just hitting it / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five for coming out in 1978 because / he thought everyone knew by then / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five for being sassy as hell and saying / “they can't ever say now that a gay man can't play in the majors, because I'm a gay man and I made it” / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five for befriending his homophobic manager’s gay son / you know that was out of spite / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five because it took too long / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five because I grew up idolizing Johnny Damon and never heard his name / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five for all the people who are now Googling Glenn Burke / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five to say thank you / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five to say congratulations / I want to give Glenn Burke a high five / so I can tell everyone about it / I’ll tell everyone about his smile / about how he outstretched his fingers towards me and we touched palms / it wasn’t hesitant but it didn’t hurt either / it’s exactly what I would expect
