The black negligee just made me hotter
for my Stephen who waited downstairs,
but before starting my descent,
I thought better skin than silk.
My lust grew with each step.
I heard him breathing.
He called out. Then—
I woke up!
I WAS
nude.
Steve
said, “You’re
nekkid, Ann.
Ain’t you chilly?
Sleepwalking again.
Some night you’re gonna fall!
Before you go back to bed,
could ya get me a beer and—Hey!
You’re standin’ there like Cy Young about
to hurl a baseball. Ha, ha! HAND it-- Owww!”
Date: October 12, 2019
Contest Title: Nude--Descending a Staircase
Sponsor: John Lawless
Fans were calling the late John Quinn a clown.
For what he did, they wanted to run him out of town.
He traded away right handed pitcher Rick Wise.
Rick was considered the Phillies top prize.
He led the team in wins during the season.
His pitching a no-hitter was another reason.
Quinn sent him to the Cardinals for Steve Carlton.
Well, this was later called Philadelphia’s best trade.
Phillies fans were so glad the trade was made.
Four Cy Young Awards for Carlton came later.
Among left handed pitchers, few were greater.
With over three hundred wins, he made himself a name.
Steve earned enshrinement into the Hall of Fame.
He is a pitcher any Phillies fan would know.
He is Roy Halladay, who came in a trade with Toronto.
Yes he started his baseball career as a Blue Jay.
Why did the Toronto front office trade him away?
He made some history on the twenty-ninth of May.
Roy took a huge step toward the Hall of Fame.
Against the Florida Marlins, he pitched a perfect game.
Throughout this game during last summer’s pennant chase,
not one Florida Marlins batter reached first base.
Roy accomplished something many would consider hard.
There were twenty-seven batters retired on the score card.
There was an even greater accomplishment he scored.
Roy was the recipient of the Cy Young Award.
A man presently at the top of his game,
we will see his bronze plaque at the Hall of Fame.
Sometimes I ask,
what if I had been
born sooner than
I was?
If I would have been
born say, 1893, in stead
of 1943, the history
I would have seen.
Would have seen
baseball in its
glory years,
Ty Cobb, Walter
Johnson, Cy Young,
and of course the Babe.
Would have been there
as motion pictures were
coming into their prime,
Charley Chaplin in
his derby and cane.
Wright Brothers
in their hey day,
if I knew then, what
I know now, oh the things
I could have done.
Born out of my time,
maybe, but in my life
I have seen many great
things take place, so
who knows what would
have happened.
wrote 9-26-08