June 26, 2024 – A

The Things I don't know anything about
would fill the cosmos,
and do.

I am the Puer Aeternus,
and you may be as well--
unless you are female, 
and then it becomes puella aeterna,
the eternal child,
innocent of guile and deceit,
pure and well-intended,
with a gentle heart,
and no chance of ever 
growing up,
and sizing things up,
and winning the day.

But,quite capable of stumbling into
a series of propitious accidents
that turn out to be
exactly what is needed
to win the day.

We have to know what we are cut out for,
and what we are not cut out for.

Centerfield for the Yankees isn't for everyone.
But Yogi Berra had his place,
and so do we all.

And it is up to us to play our part well,
because we are built for it,
and no one can do it like we can.

He said,
with a wink and a smile,
and spinach between his teeth.