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Ryan
Member

since 1999-06-10

Posts 297
Kansas

0 posted 2001-03-26 08:29 PM

Things that Fall Apart
(for A, M, and that field next door)

It's the endless rows
of fields that bring back
the past, the endless rows
of fields and the quiet
conversations in the dark.

There used to be a time when they
played baseball here in this field.
Not any old baseball though,
but the real kind of baseball,
with ghost runners and tennis balls.

Ghost runners,
they're all that run
these bases anymore.

Yeah, they used to play
baseball here but now
they've split it in two,
two very distant pieces
and I'm the only one left,
remembering games of baseball
and lamenting the things
that fall apart.

(written spontaneously for memories of times long ago and things that fall apart)

(well, not so spontaneously anymore I guess, but still, for A, M, and that field next door)

"ah, little girls make shadows on the sidewalk shorter than the shadow of death in this town--" - Jack Kerouac

[This message has been edited by Ryan (edited 03-26-2001).]

Tennessee Angel
Senior Member

since 2000-06-03

Posts 661
Tennessee

1 posted 2001-03-26 09:05 PM

Ah, I love the poems about remembering when..Ghost runners, I remember them well. Wonderful write.

snowpants
Member Elite

since 2000-09-16

Posts 2061
KS

2 posted 2001-03-26 09:07 PM

Great write, Ryan...wonderfully expressed.

sp

to be with you...
I've tried to hide my passion,
but it's just no use...
piece by piece I lose it
when you walk into the room...

Panne447
Member

since 2001-04-03

Posts 196
S.A. TX

3 posted 2001-04-10 05:45 PM

Ryan, very nice and brought to mind the field down the street where childrens echoes can be heard no more but no one knows why baseball(pop Warner etc) isn't played there anymore. Panne

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Member Rara Avis

since 2000-11-06

Posts 8369
Deep in the heart

4 posted 2001-04-10 06:05 PM

I, too, have such a field and it will live forever in my heart and the deep recesses of my mind. Memories of home runs, torn trouser knees, striking out Babe Ruth on a 3-2 count with the bases loaded, 2 outs in the bottom of the ninth inning, at home to a sold out hysterical crowd.

Thanks for the memories.

Live for love. Without love, you don't live.

vandana

Member Patricius

since 1999-10-22

Posts 10463
USA

5 posted 2001-04-11 11:14 AM

enjoy

Ryan
Member

since 1999-06-10

Posts 297
Kansas

6 posted 2001-04-11 01:34 PM

Thanks everybody for the responses. I'd almost forgotten I'd posted this one. Funny how things pop up out of nowhere after so long. But yeah, thanks for the comments. I appreciate them.

Ryan

"ah, little girls make shadows on the sidewalk shorter than the shadow of death in this town--" - Jack Kerouac

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