Monday, September 19, 2011

things that could go wrong

you might come from the outside in and slice dimpled sphere
tailing off to the trees or the wrong fairway

you might do the opposite and hook
over to more brambly bush or out of bounds

you might lift your head and top the ball
and it skitters like a mouse along the ground

you might hit the ground before
and chunk it forward a few useless feet

you might miss the ball entirely
that’s embarrassing

you might hit the wrong place in the club
and make it go off in a crazy angle

you might knuckleball the chip
making it sail over the green

you might be using the wrong club
and end up short or long

you might lose your grip
and almost hit your fellow players

putting? that’s another poem

why do we play this game?

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