Oblique and Strained Metaphors

by James Finn Garner

Hey Cubs bullpen: How’s it feel
To deliver everyone’s highlight reels?

With the gusts of your blown saves,
The ocean’s seeing tidal waves

The Midwest’s golden fields of wheat
Lay snapped and broken ‘neath our feet

Phone lines and electric towers
Are in disrepair for hours

The country’s airplanes have been grounded
Generator turbines pounded

And Italian cafes are getting calls
That you serve the nation’s best meatballs.

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