ballad of the saint louis browns
ballad of the saint louis browns
J.R. Wilkerson
i saw ‘em through the ether against an iridescent sky, satchel
wheeling
from the windup and i couldn’t reason why
sisler
slapped one in a pasture
that i had to go collect, navigating ‘round the field pats, realized we were, in fact
beneath a circus big-top,
moon and
stars up
in the stitching so i made it for the door
though the place
be so bewitching
to discover, before waking in the fallows, past the crick
where they packed and left
for balt’more board by board, and brick by brick
J. R. Wilkerson is a scribbler of short and medium-sized things. This contribution is inspired by his father’s first baseball love.
Chet Parmar is a self-taught artist in his spare time, specializing in pencil, ink, and digital drawing styles. A Bay Area native and San Francisco Giants fan, he hopes to watch a game at every MLB stadium during his lifetime (six down so far). You can find his work on Instagram: @chubbycheetah80
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