The Lost Baseball
for Gavin
Winter’s left shambled the split rail fence.
Notched stobs, years sunk
in the tallow shank of Linville Creek—
distraught with runoff, though little snow—
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The Lost Baseball
for Gavin
Winter’s left shambled the split rail fence.
Notched stobs, years sunk
in the tallow shank of Linville Creek—
distraught with runoff, though little snow—
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