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).