but watching mariano rivera pitch was awesome

poetry

thousands stand
yelling as one
shouting about
a man trying to
hit a ball
over a wall
while I sit
soaking it all
in not feeling
connected to the
emotional surge,
missing the wave
as it passes me by

3 thoughts on “but watching mariano rivera pitch was awesome”

  2. Jared Abraham's avatar

    yes, and it is doubtful whether the wave would be rewarding enough to warrant the energy consumption of standing with arms raised, much less uttering the accompanying wooooo!

  3. David Halliday's avatar

    Baseball is a wonderful game in which to philosophize. I suppose you’ve read Shoeless Joe. By W.P. Kinsella. He wrote many stories about baseball. Apparently he has retired from writing recently. I have written some poems about hockey but always they are more reflective rather than in the flow of the game. Only baseball by its very nature (time is irrelevant) allows one this space in which to write.

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