Recreation

“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.