opening the day

[pre-game show]

you mash on the starter,
a wink at the day that
slamming good wishes into
perfervid right-center
fields? it’s not just
not being a donkey
maybe if the don
or donation flows
further into
interstices, you’re a key
rampant at
the edge: sound of the hand
on leather
waiting to turn two
unassisted triple play
ing at the grassed verge;
faster the slider
the harder it gets
to see where a double-switch
can reach:
lineups gonna circle around
catch as catch can
last hand, at top of bat,
pick my team (teaming
pick,
ax)