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It is still there
I saw it walking
past the old school that
has seen better days
and around from the new shiny skate park
gleaming with its metal slides and
concrete waves
the old chain link backstop
rusted now
and falling down
stooping in its old age
like osteoporosis deleted bones
sagging inward
but it is still there
amid the weeds and
overgrowth
I saw it walking by
not stopping to recall
the last slide home
home plate still there
in the weeds
you can
if you listen closely
still hear the cheers
and he rounded third
and stretching
his arms pumping
reaching
striving
started to slide
a cloud of dust
the poignant pause
and then the umpire through the fog
safe
the cheers
loud
but somehow muted by time now
would they have been louder
knowing it was
the last slide home?
From the desk of Sandler Boggs
