by James Finn Garner
With apologies to William Carlos Williams
We have traded
Adam Dunn
who was clogging
the payroll
to the A’s
in a pennant race
for a bag
of rocks
Forgive us
he was ridiculous
so whiffable
and so old
Reviving the Art of Baseball Doggerel
Can I just say this is my favorite poem of the year?
I will allow it.