– 2010: San Francisco Giants
in contention
men with their serious bad habits
dribble brown chew
break things
bats, plastic cup holders, hearts
seriously taped and bandaged
boys who forget to hurt
dirt-stained, sweat-streaked
jumpy wiring
stinging nerves
clamor inside flesh
they hug their bats
clutch the railing
cover their faces
hardened bodies
tighten, soften
watching for the rise
the flare the crash
rocketing from the dugout
smashing into one another
a fly ball traces
its impossibly wide arc
in the sky