baseball?
yeah i play baseball and of course badminton
but my real love is higher mathematics
competitive and bloodthirsty
where square roots, squeeze plays
and Fibonacci world series
square off against cold fusion, slugging percentage
and goof-o-matic shuttlecocks
i could have taken the hometown offer, yeah sure
but the difference between fifteen million
over five years
and sixteen billion over six years
is something worth thinking about

go ahead
do the higher math
smack fungoes to centerfield
stretch a double
into a quadratic equation
theoretical calculus and dead reckoning
savagely intuitive
extremely linear
a highbrow swing game
high cheese, fast twitch peptides
burning the inside corner
faster than the math
of physicists and sabermetricians
it’s complex, it’s simple,
it’s quick but your head
spins like sunshine and space
money balls fly into the gap
left centerfield

weird other worldly equations
hidden in box scores
math versus a natural swing
circles squared
equal and opposite thermodynamics
money times calories
equals effort
and good intentions
gentlemen, start your resumes
grab your throbbing paychecks
sing for your net worth


by the boy batters swinging for the fences