The Black Bat: Cantos XLV-L

A Supernatural Baseball Epic

Harlie Radio image by Joe Haput CC BY-SA

The Black Bat: Cantos XLV-L

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

XLV

Back to the bench the Cranes coach bounds,
With ornate relic-box in tow.
The Blessèd Ball his pitcher sounds
For any clue its sides might show.
What special spark within it lives,
That to its wielder power gives?
Around, around the ball he twists,
Its surface smoo…