Poetry
High as a Georgia Pine
I was high as
a Georgia pine
Dock Ellis said
when he no hit
the Padres on
acid or tried to
bean every batter
on the Reds, May
Day 1974 because
they had called
him and his friends
dumb and he
resented that
the tallest of
Georgia pines is pinus
rigida or the pond
pine, which loves
shallow and rocky
soil, which rapidly
grows to a diameter
of four to six
feet and although
there are no showy
flowers it can reach
a height of one hundred
and eighty to two
hundred feet
Contributor
Brandon BrownBRANDON BROWN's most recent book is Top 40 (Roof). He is a co-editor at Krupskaya books, helps organize the Hearts Desire reading series, and lives in Oakland.