Short Fastball Poems

A man with propellorized hat
Stepped up with his beanie to bat.
The fastball blew by,
Away he did fly,
He hadn’t accounted for that.
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I've never read a baseball sonnet
  Nor thrown a curve with mustard on it

Yet when the umpire shouts 'Play Ball'
  My heart takes off like a rising fastball...

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Such is the stuff of history, 
butterfly wings and mystery
when the act of observation
affects the observee.

If  Schrödinger's cat
comes up to bat
imagine that 
fastball, curve or slider?

Kilroy was here
or maybe not
if you know the speed
you can't fix the spot....

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Pelted with such incredible force 
one hundred and ten on that fastball;
Harder to dodge than anything in sports;

Foggy you’re lost within a pitfall 
sweet nothings condensed on your cheek;
That whisper is the be all end all;

Flooding you and now you’re left weak,
rambling and gambling placing bets;
You’re lost toting a winning streak;

Confused and so happily distressed,
Stuck on lips coated in liquid bullets....

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Bat, ball, and glove, a sacred rite of spring
Timeless afternoons of joy shared by all
Everyone gets a chance to give a swing
To meet the challenge: putting bat on ball.
Stretch, windup, and pitch, a flaming fastball
Hitter gives it flight with resounding crack
Outfielder’s eyes wide, then pedaling back
Jubilant bat toss, he breaks into run
Pitcher’s shoulders droop, his jaw going slack
Outfielder against fence, it’s a home run!

4/10/16...

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Back in fifth grade, there was this obnoxious guy.
I always wanted to hit him in the face with a pie.
It often crossed my mind.  I wanted to give it a try.
What inspired me was the Soupy Sales show.
Dan was just asking for it.  If I could give it a go.
I often dreamed of such vindictive attacks.
A pie with the speed of a fastball by Sandy Koufax.
I would just take the pie and throw it in his face.
That would have been something to put Dan in his place.
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