Deep South :: The English Department Ezine, Otago University



     this morning wait for the train

what do you do miss              miss
  happenstance                       you
 when you're asked                miss
                                 crazed
                                spelunk
                                 taste
                                  hand
                                   on
                                 hand-
                                 won
                                 and
                               ongoing
                                eye
                               razor
                               this
                               hiss
                              the
                              rain
                              piss






baseball         this march


            religious experience
                       on the contrary
                    some years as a cafe
              manager                the sport’s page
                         a daily perusal of box scores
                                  win loss records
                             reading the classics on break-time
                        to look occupied
                                    on the scam
                          my knowledge of ballplayers
                                 comes from long hours
                                              spent on the game
                                                  another job
                                          blows and tickles me
                    i'm laughing at what it's doing
                       in other words
                 saps the white light out of me
                         all these years
      moving from one to another
                   the rosary beads
                           i can't believe
 another season is about to begin
        this is not my first time
   at opening day
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