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The Laughing Baseball

Michael Larrain

for Wilder Kathleen

I’m the guy who can alibi god
my name in the Sioux Nation is
No Fixed Address
So I touch my guitar
like a woman
whom gold pans for
and cleaner tomorrows
are here right now
in my daughter’s eyes
God’s cup size changes with the seasons
the Earth pulled one way by its rivers
and another by its birds
sleep-tousled as a wild boy
My strength is as the strength of ten
Unfortunately they’re ten extremely weak men
weak minds, bad knees, Tommy John surgeries
on their masculinity
The Sisters of Mercy take their lunch money
You get the idea
But what do I care
when women laughing on stairways
are translated into waterfalls
in my daughter’s smile?
I’m her father
so maybe there really is
a just and merciful
something or other
after all

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