RIP, Reverend Jesse Jackson, 1941-2026
A rainbow of pitches
His coalition
Might have included a
Wide, sweeping curveball
A rainbow of quotes
Aye, Jesse Jackson’s
Poetic flourish remains
On the playing field
A rainbow of people
Like ballplayers from
Across baseball’s universe,
We’re a rainbow
A rainbow of states
“America is
Not a blanket woven from one thread,
One color, one cloth.”