For James A. Moses IV
You share birthdays with Michelangelo,
James! That alone would be enough for one
lifetime. Yet you also join Cyrano
de Bergerac, famed playwright, duelist known
for a long nose (more in fiction than real
life). Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write
sonnets that sang. Ring Lardner could reveal
wit through short stories. Lefty Grove found might
in pitching, won him the Hall of Fame, while
astronaut Gordon Cooper sailed with stars.
You love basketball? Then you’ll surely smile,
sharing shots with Shaquille O’Neal. By far,
Gabriel García Márquez (so wise)
should prove a friend. He won the Nobel Prize.
Roger Armbrust
March 6, 2014
