Bears wake in the spring, flowers bloom and
open hearts embrace love. Baseball begins,
it’s unique because the defense has the ball.
The ball is round, the Earth is round.
Winter, spring, summer and fall, three months
per season, three outs per half inning. Four seasons,
four balls for a free base.
Nine months in the womb. Nine innings per game.
Sometimes late births, sometimes extra innings.
Warm summer nights and stadium lights.
Ball games and barbeques. Life and death.
Safe and out.
Fall begins in the ninth month. Nine players
per team take the field.
Fall foliage. Fall classic. Winter season. off season.
Izzy Schurr, aka Mark Schurr
