VIII.
The Black Sunflower Society
Sunflowers that die
on the eve of autumn
Fall to the earth,
Land in black dirt
Warmed by the late
late summer sun.
They fade into ants
Is the most pleasing time to pass
into the sunset.
The only major sport not based on war
Nobody holds nor takes
Is one man against nine
Is a community in the bars yelling together
The mothers and sons
Fathers and daughters
My dad couldn't have given three fucks about organized sports.
My mother absolutely loved baseball.
It was maddening and cute.
But for the Grace of God
could you imagine the dead dried pages
that I would have had to scrape up!!??
If my mother had truly been into baseball,
Instead of endless hustle smut back and forth
from those shoeless hussies of Arlington, TX - The Discalced Carmelite Nuns,
Countless score cards all over the damn place?
Baseball
Is the Passion Play of Ordinary Time.