It is like
tackling bears
tickling skunks
taunting tigers
tempting sharks
teasing wolves
tasting toxic waste
tossing chain saws
telling off God
tiptoeing through a mine field
tripping on the high wire
tapping on dynamite
touching high voltage
triggering an avalanche
tugging on a lynx’s tail
tangling with the mafia
trotting with the bulls
But yet, Earl, you still taunted umpires
THE POETRY OF THE GAME