Barn Storm
Bullet, Satchell, Double Duty…to name
a few.
Dark cloud rises in the Eastern
sky…Northern Pacific swathing a path through seas of grain.
Jamestown…Bismarck…blood, sweat,
laughter, tears…Dust Bowl dreams.
Horse and rider give chase…God will have
His way.
Equal…Mr. Plessy you’re welcome
here…3 acres of common ground…a very different summer.
Fieldwork and chores
complete…leather-skinned farm boys throng the “Baseball Blacks”.
Heroes, teammates, friends, men…they
throw white lightning at Ol’ Jim Crow.
And somewhere the sun is shining.
Inspired by...North Dakota Barn Storm Baseball...Charles "Bullet" Rogan, Satchel Paige, Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe...Integrated Baseball before Jackie...The "Negro" Church and The White Church...Revelation 19:11ff
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