Game 55

CHI 91               DET 100

Trade deadline.

A weary mid-westerner,
Named for a hero
Of someone else’s yesterday.

Reggie Jackson
Prepares to step closer to the spotlight--
To emerge from the shadows.

Meanwhile--
A home-coming.

Tayshaun

No fanfare.
It isn't in him--
Never was.

In suits--
On sidelines--
Just before.

Potential energy
Bubbling.

Turning kinetic.
Rising like waves--
Overcoming us.