In abiding with NotGraphs’ Villanelle Week:

Nick Punto, one time, tried to break his bat

A feat so large, and yet a man so small

Why would he even try to attempt that?

And during the World’s Series, too, at that

The culprit seems to barely bend at all

Nick Punto, one time, tried to break his bat

Some put-out rage, a wooden tit-for-tat

In failure, something needs to takes the fall

Why would he even try to attempt that?

If scrappiness was actually a stat

Number 8 would, in fact, lead them all

Nick Punto, one time, tried to break his bat

Perhaps it’s better just to utter “drat”

Less painful this, if slightly more banal

Why would he even try to attempt that?

A bruise is formed, a thigh is rendered flat

Bo Jackson’s snickers echo off the wall

Nick Punto, one time, tried to break his bat

Why would he even try to attempt that?