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
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