take
       my record books
       and throw them in the freezer
       for my descendants to thaw

and take
       my boring life story
       and burn it to ashes
       along with


Sammy Sosa
                     defining each
   each side
            of the plate
        with a tap of the bat


Mark McGwire
                    eyes blinking
hard
then
                    stretching wide
                                             open
to see what is coming


Rickey Henderson
                     bent over
                                        his head 
                                  following
                              the ball
                          in then
                     stopping
                     straight
                     down
                     eyes
                     peeking
back at the catcher's
glove


Barry Bonds
                 face full of
boredom and disgust


all those
ball threes