Absurdity, Allegory and China

The MLB (Major League Baseball) season is underway again, and for some of us, that means some nebulous sense of order has been returned to the universe. Last year there were two pre-season MLB games in Beijing at the field at Wukesong. Good fun, really. I missed the first game when the PSB was all [...]

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The Second Major League
Baseball Game in China
When I saw Jet Li
throw out the first pitch,
I thought, man, he throws
just like my sister
threw
the night she hurled
the rock at my head
and took out
the living room clock.
I was lucky.
Then,
I kept my mouth shut
too.
© 2009, Jim Gourley
Listen to: The Second Major League Baseball Game in China

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