Someone had been walking in and out
Of the world without coming
To much decision about anything.
The sun seemed too hot most of the time.
There weren't enough birds around
And the hills had a silly look
When he got on top of one of them.
The girls in heaven, however, thought
Nothing of asking to see his watch
Like you would ask someone to tell

A joke--'Time,' they'd say, 'what's
That mean--time?' laughing with the edges
Of their mouths, like a flutter of peach blossom
In a the sun. And then he'd stumble over
General Sherman or Elizabeth B.
Browning, muttering, 'Can't you keep
Your big wings out of the aisle?' But down
Again, there'd be millions of people without
Enough to eat and men with guns just
Standing there shooting each other.
So he wanted to throw something
And he happened to pick up a baseball.