Play Ball

By Matt Mondschein

Called my pals today
Asked them
Do you want to play
What? they replied
Why, the greatest game invented
I’d say
You know the one founded by
Abner Doubleday
We strolled lanquishly
To the green pastures
Basepaths worn to earth
Paperplates were bases
Oh! how we did play
The greatest game on earth that day