“Come away to a deserted place and rest awhile.” Mark 6:32
Recreation
The field of play spreads to the horizon
the Dominican short stop makes the sign
of the cross as he steps to the plate
the easy devotion puts God in play.
Jesús, the short stop, is a superstar
who saves the run, dives for the short hop,
god of the gap, moves to fill the hole,
always ready to give his all.
When he wallops a hit, tight as a rope
that soars past the wall, straight over the top
his arms go up and he lets out a yell
that glories in the sheer joy of baseball.
Recreation