museum mind

extreme weather is great
minus the flying objects that whack people in the head
and minus windshield factors that freeze people to death,
but if those two unfortunate realites can be avoided,
a good downpour can wash away all the used condoms and trash
or a legit snow storm covers it all up
and my mind forgets james shields being part of the royals new pitching staff
and remembers some older things that disappeared only for a while like
ellis valentine's throwing arm,
von joshua's name,
cecil cooper's crouch,
marc clear's jacked up stirrups,
chris bosio's temper,
or ryan raun's pinch hit homer from june of 2011
against florida.

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and as snow continues to dump on the northeast,
i still hear that sound of braun's "big fly."
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