It gets better than this, right?
I would play
baseball
with my friends in
my backyard, pretending
the responsibility falls on him.
Death pleaded
guilty to
a misdemeanor, charged with
murder of memories,
the image of Walter Payton turning a corner,
then Carlton Fisk
and Lance Armstrong-
Superman
former players denied entry,
panned, stars falling
from the sky.
The bigger they are
the harder they enjoy
pleading guilty
of attempting to tarnish
their superhero experience
while still riding the momentum
as a deafening stillness falls.
Radical Totality 