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)
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