Stickball
Commandeer a side street
In the city with
Little or no traffic
Chalk the bases and home plate
Onto the street pavement
Get a broom handle and
A live rubber ball
Choose up sides and
You’re ready to play
Stickball
Read More Poems From the New York Almanack HERE.
Photo: William Klein’s “Stickball Gang,” New York, 1955 (Jackson Fine Art).
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