Michael E. Harris Poet Free verse

Walter Big Train Johnson

THE BIG TRAIN 
IS A COMING.
HE'S STEAMING 
IN TOWARDS TOWN.
ONE THING IS 
FOR CERTAIN.
HE'LL MOW 
SOME BATTERS DOWN.

NOW WE'RE 
TALKING BASEBALL.
WHEN BASEBALL 
WAS THE GAME.
A LEGENDARY 
PITCHER.
WHO RESIDES 
IN THE HALL OF FAME.

HE WAS SAID 
TO HAVE A FASTBALL
THAT HISSED 
AS IT PASSED BY.
ACCORDING TO 
OLE TY COBB
AND I DON'T BELIEVE 
HE'D LIE.

HE STRUCK OUT 
MANY BATTERS
THE MOST OF 
IN HIS TIME.
TAKE THE TIME 
TO READ HIS STATS.
THEY'LL BLOW AWAY 
YOUR MIND.

ONE CAN 
JUST IMAGINE.
STANDING 
AT THE PLATE.
THINKING YOU CAN 
HIT THE PITCH.
JUST END UP 
SWINGING LATE.

WHEN IT COMES 
TO SHUTOUTS.
IT SURE MIGHT 
CROSS YOUR MIND.
HE TIED 
OR LED THE A.L.
A RECORD 
SEVEN TIMES.

TALK ABOUT 
HIS EARNED RUNS.
THAT NUMBER 
SEEMS TO GLOW.
TWO POINT SEVENTEEN 
MY FRIEND.
IN CASE 
YOU DID NOT KNOW.

TALKING ABOUT 
WALTER JOHNSON.
THE GREATEST 
OF HIS TIME.
HIS LEGENDARY 
DAYS OF PLAY
IS WHAT MAKES 
BASEBALL SHINE.

06032020.

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