A Game Under the Lights in Early August
Artist, biologist,
chemist, dentist, educator,
florist, geologist,
Harpo Marx fan,
Idiot, journalist,
kick boxer, laborer,
macaroni maker.
Missed opportunities.
I filled out the rest
of the alphabet
and should have included
another word in place
of laborer but thinking
only of myself
in those days
was a serious oversight.
Y is for the name
of a tall, beautiful girl
with long dark hair
who showed up to a baseball game
played under lights in early August--
the last local game for me.
She sat halfway up the bleachers
behind home plate, but 10 feet
or so toward my team's dugout.
I remember
what I wanted to be,
but not who I would be without.
I remember thinking
about saying hello,
but I did not know
at the time
that I wasted
my last
and only chance
in a moment I missed
after the game we won
which no longer
matters.
I don't
even remember
the score.
kick boxer, laborer,
macaroni maker.
Missed opportunities.
I filled out the rest
of the alphabet
and should have included
another word in place
of laborer but thinking
only of myself
in those days
was a serious oversight.
Y is for the name
of a tall, beautiful girl
with long dark hair
who showed up to a baseball game
played under lights in early August--
the last local game for me.
She sat halfway up the bleachers
behind home plate, but 10 feet
or so toward my team's dugout.
I remember
what I wanted to be,
but not who I would be without.
I remember thinking
about saying hello,
but I did not know
at the time
that I wasted
my last
and only chance
in a moment I missed
after the game we won
which no longer
matters.
I don't
even remember
the score.
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