Matthew Anish Poet Ballad

A Dash of Ethnic Pride

Sean Green - a Met who wrote a book on Zen 
Ike Davis - traded (damn it) to Pittsburgh
    As an aging Met fan and a somewhat observant Jew
  I take pride in 
their accomplishments
   Played a little while in the LL 
A catcher! 
   I have also attended Mets games 
at the old Shea Stadium 
Where we held up signs saying 
  "Joan Payson is a prostitute" 
  I now see how the troubled days of my youth started 
  But even on the worst days I still had my copy of 
   Frank Waldman's "Bonus Pitcher" 
    and was able to hear the announcer say 
             "Put it in the books"!

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Andrea Dietrich July 3, 2014 at 8:58 PM Your references are a bit difficult for me since I know absolutely nada about Met fans or national baseball. However, I think it is a good point. You get your message across very well and the title is PERFECT for this piece.

Sara Kendrick July 2, 2014 at 7:08 PM Interesting work..I am not too familar with sports..I do recognize the name "Shea Stadium" though..We all go through troubled times in our life whether it is in our youth or a later time in life..If it happens in our youth at least we have a lifetime to overcome what was bothering us and maybe make right some of the wrong that we did at that time..Thanks for the visit to my page..I appreciate you stopping by, reading and taking the time to comment..Good to know that you are a published writer.SK Matthew Anish July 2, 2014 at 8:33 PM Thanks a lot Sara