[Rick Mullin]

Floridian

The stewards of this ball park actually keep
a dirty vat of swarming ray fish to amuse
the fans. Black wings challenging the dreck
of concrete bleachers and rotating advertisement.
One almost admires the conservative clean-shaven
Yankee players in their orderly progress from field
to dugout, each setting an example at the plate.
A Prussian rectitude incapable of forgiveness
registers in the boxes as does the prospect
of a no-hitter well toward evening. Nonetheless,
both teams fall apart in the seventh inning.
The game becomes annoyingly interesting
as bases load and powder kegs go boom.
The sun sets citrus orange over Tampa Bay
where nothing can renew the breeze of nothing.
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L14: Full disclosure: "sets" to "drops" and back.
L15: "revive" to "renew"
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