NEW YORK YANKEES,
BASEBALLS MOST LOVED TEAM.
I'M JUST JOKING,
THAT'S ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS.
THE YANKEES BOUGHT
GEORGE HERMAN RUTH.
SO HE WOULDN'T,
BEAT THEM FROM THE MOUND.
THEN THEY SPENT
MORE MONEY.
BOUGHT THE BEST
FROM ALL AROUND.
ONE, MUST ADMIRE,
ALL THE GREATEST
YANKEE NAMES.
I DON'T BELIEVE
ANY BASEBALL TEAM
HAVE MORE
IN THE HALL OF FAME.
I KICK BACK AND SMILE.
BECAUSE I'M A BASEBALL FAN.
I LIKE TO CHEER
FOR THE UNDER DOG
JUST BECAUSE I CAN.
YOU GOTTA LOVE
THE YANKEES,
WHEN THEY COME
TO YOUR HOME TOWN.
YOU BUY A SEAT
WATCH THE GAME.
HOPE YOU WIN
SERIES CROWN.
WITH THE BEST TALENTS
IN BASEBALL.
ALL ON THE VERY
SAME TEAM.
YES I CAN IMAGINE
HOW THIS,
CAN BE A DREAM.
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT EM
BUY EM.
MAKES PERFECT SENSE
TO ME.
WE'RE TALKING
WORLD SERIES.
IT'S BUSINESS
AND IT'S NOT FREE.
UNCLE PHIL
THANKS MY FRIEND.
FOR THE INTRODUCTION
TO BASEBALL.
I SEE YOUR POINT
AND I WILL AGREE
IT'S THE GREATEST GAME OF ALL.
Michael E. Harris
12302020
Oh, Babe
Pitched for the price of infamy’s name
Springtime sold
For the tempest of a bambino’s bane
Oh, Babe
Stadium-made gregarious grin
Pinstripe promises
Playing for shoddy orphaned kids
Oh, Babe
Squeezing pine tar calloused veins
Slugging sunshine
Into brokenhearted pennant panes
Oh, Babe
Champagne on championship ice
Swinging splendor
Diamond dames batting bullpen eyes
Oh, Babe
Sultan of summer-simmering swat
Brawny blasts
Feasting on Yankee dugout brauts
Oh, Babe
Slumped over metastasized mic
Scratchy soliloquy
Imbued on replayed records of life
Oh, Babe
Pointing to ostentatious October sky
Homerun heaven
Where George Herman Ruth resides
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