Note: Dale Curtis Gaines is a mentally disabled three-strike lifer. According to a 2011 analysis of state data by Stanford Law School’s Three Strikes Project, nearly 40% of three-strike lifers in CA qualify as mentally ill. Source: NYTimes article.
THREE
whiff three times at the plate
and that’s it. too late. you’re out.
not out like Jesus three days
in the grave now risen.
more like Dale Curtis Gaines,
harmless as an alley turkey,
out of commission after
three swings at petty theft,
sentenced by law to life in prison.