Monday, August 16, 2010

The Payoff Pitch

Decisions do laps inside my head
Zoned in on the home plate corners
The satin hands of the batter ahead
Grip the wood between the mixes of purrs
She chokes up as I wind to throw
A careful focus contrasting a hasty hurl
The momentous release treats the crowds to a show
Where a circling ball choosing how to swirl
It’s the payoff pitch one can’t afford to let pass
The same offering that could draw a walk
Behold the strike zone, for it is not crass
An undefined box inside definitive white chalk

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