natural mystic
through the redwoods
my
first time
she's
showing-off her
grandest
creations of growth
we
drive through one
and
dip and swerve
as
the sunlight flickers
through
the canopy like
celluloid
in the booth
off
the screen and
through
my southern searching
down
clear to the Sur
where
men made mindful
of
years which echo
heard
symphonies and surf songs in so many pools
sunny
days and the end
of
anticipation
Poem: "natural mystic" by Rob Lescatre
Photo: Pittsburgh Plymouths cap 1957: Jack Kerouac’s typed, handwritten and illustrated fantasy baseball league was extravagantly detailed in old-fashioned composition notebooks. His players have distinct histories and personalities. Cities lost and regained teams; rosters and batting orders changed. A single season lasted 40 or 50 games, with an All-Star game and a World Series. His teams, mostly named for automobiles, included the Chicago Chryslers, Boston Fords, and Chicago Nashes. When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947, Kerouac added a black Cuban shortstop to the Philadelphia Pontiacs. Navy Pinstripe Round Crown, Embroidery on Navy Felt Logo.
