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in the ninth inning
I realized I didn’t understand
baseball or maybe
didn’t give a shit
about the damn thing

you can ask me about sex
and the sweat
that forms on the lower back
right before a person cums
but I won’t answer
I’ll deflect
talk about baseball and how hard
how hard it is to quit smoking

they ask how it’s going
how it’s going
how it’s going
I say I’ve got a pack in my car
and my brain and I are
on the same page
maybe it’s that damn
medicine
that keeps me happy and sterile

climbed the crescendo

to spend the night

watching the spider
crawl drunk across the pavement

he was less than forthcoming
about his interests

I told him I’m a big fan
big fan of baseball

so we both check the scores
for the games that don’t exist
then check our email once more
for something let loose into
the ether