On my first day of training camp
I hoped to get a roster spot:
But I went to the wrong locale
(It seems that I do that a lot)

And so, instead, I built a home,
And married me a darn-fine wife —
I hoped to get a roster spot,
Instead, I got

A life

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* Note: a bevy of helpful people had been advising me to ‘get a life’ for quite some time.

Ravenea Rivularis,
The majestic stained-glass palm,
Stands crystalline and silent there
Between Midway and Guam.

And if you ever see it, please,
Then, do not say my name:
For I said yours to it once,
Things have never been the same —

With magic things, it’s best to look,
And then, to let them be —
Ravenea Rivularis, now,
Demarks both you
And me