Stained with grass and goose shit,
a baseball is a perfect thing.
If you ever felt the difference
between the ball in a bare grip
and the numb wing of the glove
you understand the game.
This pale pill,
stitched skin, Frankenstein monster
wrapping wool, a motley
redeemed by weight,
falls homing in the hand.
Even a statue wants
to make it move,
deliver from its scars
a quiet arc.
Young, I used to throw the ball,
a thing they hit.
Now I throw my love for it.
Too bleak and beautiful 