Thursday, October 20, 2011

Tim Peeler - "Spikes and Leather"

when he throws the
high hard one

it's like a razor
slicing skull

the ball and mitt
slam dancing

to dusty umpired rhythms

the batter
is not wired to his music

and cannot trust
his own instrument

the catcher cradles
a quick leather signal

squatting on new spikes
waiting for the curve

to drop like a head
into his basket.


Touching All the Bases

No comments:

Post a Comment