Blackbirdan online journal of literature and the artsSpring 2016  Vol. 15 No. 1
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1965

I picture my father
in the dimmed
attic. Wind presses
the panes lightly back,
his stomach slack
to the radio
crackling innings past.

The sound of Koufax
slaps the glove; above,
the scoreboard plates
catch each frame
in their clanking.  


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