Lenten Baseball

After all it’s Lent the fall of the markets proof
if you must have something to give up reason
save the Spring season and longer the days.

What is borrowed must be lent, like the stuff
that accrues in your navel, spun of golden
slumbers in the wake of a titanic cruise ship.

For a long time now you’ve lived off that lint
catch in your belly button, balls in the grass,
shirts in the breeze, back against the fence.

The lady’s arm is tired and sore, finally she
lowers her torch and the world grows dark,
and she’s reminded of the Tommy Lasorda

80/20 maxim: “80% of the people who
hear your troubles don’t care, and the
other 20% are glad you’re having them.”

Spring Training wrapping up, the national
pastime about to begin a new season, we
hope your team outperforms the others.

And that’s the way it is, early though this
Lenten Season, The Coming of the Toads
reporting: Good night and good luck.