the
home team is Taiwan against Japan
like
anywhere else, they win if they have more runs
the
naked ballgame
removed
of all the gambling players
the lazy bums
that
wound up going through the motion...
i balk at go-go girls on the dugout roofs
p.a.
barkers with headache-echo sound effects
L.E.D. technicolor screams
sore-throated game-enders...
but
in Taiwan there is baseball during Hanukkah
the
miracle of extra innings burns
on
a gentle evening breeze flagging right field
free
admission first time families will not forget
a
foul ball in the hands of a joyful child
whose
parents cared to take her out to the ballgame
a change-up thrown to new hometown fans
buddies,
couples, and solo score-card statisticians
who enter the stadium with bags unsuspected
no
one taking attendance
such
is the beautiful game of diamond rules
in
any language school
playing
hooky’s cool
for
your information
for
my entertainment
not
for some teachers’ presentation
the
blues and whites in uniform
written
on their backs in cuneiform
our hitter in the pinch of time
a salve for a stiff brain
sees us winnin’ every game
December 14, 2017
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