Pitching Wedge To Hell

The Country Club of walking death,

calls out across the ferns

The 1^st hole starts with pain unmatched,

its traps to flame and burn

The 9^th hole calls you back to life,

just to send you down again

The 14^th hole, a dismal swamp,

your demons there within

The 18^th hole where soul’s are judged,

double bogeyed with a six

The clubhouse dark, your blood trail marked

—devil carrying your sticks

(Overbrook Golf Club: March, 2020)