graduation photos
along a day in retard of the last great war
you disquieted an industry booming
and the nation's pastime
born of lame-legged bull
and naive degradation
given a name as mine
you were
swept up as the shit from the chicken coop floor
swaddled in kerosene rags and newspapers
delivered as a curve balling
to the stop of an elderly minor leaguer
and at 87 mph
(a personal best)
you were pitched
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