Batting Practice or Yard
a pile of rocks at my feet
i dig in deep into the dirt
bat as old as mathusla waits
to fly off shoulder SWAT
black scotch 88 tape
around the handle already pealing
empty horse pasture
just sold to a developer
may as well been walking
through eden or riverfront
same thing to a 12 year old
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I remember being a 12 year old, playing in my uncle’s pasture with people of all ages. That was what was import to us.
we had shawnee park when i was 12 but we was the nerds and had to watch out for roving bands of other pre- and post-teen neer-do-wells looking for nerd kids to pick on. we’d come together in street football, block vs block. thats where respect was earned.
Yes sir