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The Error: A Baseball Sonnet

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May 12, 2026
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Pulsonic Baseball Game image by Joe Haput CC BY-SA

The Error

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

I thought I had it in my glove,
The ball which white-streaked off the bat,
It curled, bounced bad, and hopped above
The place I stabbed my leather at.
Then three runs scored—that day we lost,
My weak left hand the win us cost.
Who can endure it everyday?
We try and miss the hig…

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