God at the ballpark

God at the ballpark

By Hugh Findlay

I saw God at the ballpark 
and, as usual, 
he caught every foul ball.
 
He sang the national anthem, and
also Take Me Out to the Ballgame
for the seventh-inning stretch.
 
After six beers, I saw him in the
men’s room, showing off by hitting
the urinal from 10 feet away.
 
But when I asked for his autograph,
he said it was a major inconvenience 
and he was out of my league anyway.
 
That’s when both benches emptied 
and his team got the holy crap beaten
out of them for beaning the bat boy.
 
Later that evening, I ate an entire
apple pie all by myself,
and I felt a whole lot better.

Hugh Findlay’s writing and photography have been published worldwide. Nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2020 for poetry, and the Best Microfiction Anthology 2024, he is in the third trimester of life and hopes y’all like his stuff. You can follow him on Instagram @hughmanfindlay and see his portfolio at https://hughmanfindlay.wixsite.com/hughfindlay

Jason David Córdova lives in Puerto Rico as an illustrator and painter. Some of his art can be seen on Instagram at @jasoni72. You can visit his shop on Red Bubble.

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