Best Fresno Poems

No-one knows precisely when the rivalry began; 
thirty-two the legend goes; eighteen or nineteen?
It's not clear, nor can it be confirmed.

Apart from once in fifty-nine
For reasons lost in time;
The Fresno Fuzzy Socks
And The Chattahoochee Crocs
Have squared off in heated competition 
every year.

The rules; written on...

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“THE GIRL FROM FRESNO”


HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 
I HOPE YOUR DAY IS ONE TO 
REMEMBER.
12:02pm my message goes out. 
12:03pm her message comes in.
I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU IN 
OVER A YEAR. 
HOW ARE YOU?
I'm honest with no hesitation. 
YEAH... I KNOW. 
I'M ALRIGHT. I'M ALIVE.
EDDIE JUST...

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she never worked
she collected disability and child support
no ambition
3 kids from to fathers.
 she was lost in the backdrop of a California valley.

I plead guilty to being stupid,to actually tolerate a woman like this....
damaged
used up she was.
I thought I could fix this,but you learn the...

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