It is important to put the ball inside the glove and wrap it in rubber bands for a week, to put the glove under your mattress, to sleep and when you sleep, to dream of wearing the glove, of making the catch, of being carried into the middle of the diamond lifted toward the sun. […]
Wheeler Light
Wheeler Light received his MFA in writing poetry from University of Virginia and lives in Denver, CO. He is a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Tupelo Quarterly, Rattle, The Penn Review, Barely South, Inscape Journal, and Allium, among other publications. You can find his work at www.wheelerlight.net.