Henderson, Rickey—
When on base, acted tricky,
Stealing bases , 1,406 times in his career.
He even swiped the final rhyme for this verse.
Louis Phillips’ recent poetry publications include The Domain of Silence, The Domain of Absence: New and Selected Poems (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2015), The Domain of Small Mercies: New & Selected Poems ], Volume 2 (Pleasure Boat Studio, 2017), How Wide the Meadow (World Audience Publishers, 2019).