strike!
I gloat in the face
of my 8-year-old sister

highest score
in the smoky alley
thank you, bumpers

ten pins down
doing a victory dance
in my goofy shoes

gracefully down the lane—
thunk!
gutterball

down the lane
pins fall down—
three hundred

One ball
Takes on ten pins—
Bowling

a neon ball speeds
swiftly down the lane
strike

squatting lad
‘bout to get
a ball to his balls

balls of color
thrown down the polished wood...
a time to cherish

neon light and
ugly shoes...
still the perfect date

THUD!
the bowling ball
charges down the alley

only one pin...
she granny rolls
the ball