Sunday, September 17, 2023

he played centerfield

i remember
him
drifting back, back,
back in the grass field
to magically snag a
long fly
ball from going over
the fence
in deep center field.
a final out.
it's as clear
a memory
as any that i have.
so it saddens me to
hear that
he's died
in alone in a Florida trailer,
his last home
of kidney failure.
drugs
getting the best of him.
he was an amazing
ball player.

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