A small boy picked up a baseball,
round as the earth.
‘Have a ball,’ someone might have said.
A small boy jumped toward the hoop of a basketball rim.
Toes coming back to touch the edge of a large ball.
Have a ball.
He always did.
Have it all.
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A small boy picked up a baseball,
round as the earth.
‘Have a ball,’ someone might have said.
A small boy jumped toward the hoop of a basketball rim.
Toes coming back to touch the edge of a large ball.
Have a ball.
He always did.
Have it all.