Zamudio Poems – 7 and 8

By Dan Zamudio

On the top shelf

inside an old
shoe box
cracked rubber bands
cling to
photographs
of ageless players
captured
on forgotten
baseball cards.

A piece of Wrigley

Wind tattered
“L” flag

worn from
days of continuous
use above
centerfield’s
creaking scoreboard

calmly
settles
on a diehards
basement wall

(originally published in Baseball Ink Vol. 2, No. 2 – September 2001)