Baseball Man
Drafted, signed, paid, groomed, called up, sent down, called up, sent down, reassigned, traded, traded, traded, released, re-signed, a dozen towns, leagues, a dozen years, a whirl of county seats, blighted fields, bad teams, women, humidity and heat, thirty-one years old, sore shoulder and back, a hummer that won’t, no curve or change, homeless, divorced, veteran of suitcase, bus, beer, asked to coach, carefully extends a big right hand, shakes, sold to the organization, this time for life.