Long Sports fan Poems

My grandfather and I had a special relationship.

When I was young we lived near his home in Baltimore.  But, my family moved away from 
Baltimore when I was five and we lived most of...

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It happened without any action on my part.
All I had to do was just say, "Yes, I will go".
Moreover, it was not my dream, but my friend's.

However, from a child, I have been an avid...

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as a GMO gluten 
   and monosodium allow
wing glutinate free 
   NON SPORTS fan, holy cow
a gentle fear shakes, rocks, 
   and trembles thru every dDhow

ting fiber of me...

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Being a Philadelphia sports fan 
 is like being a Hawaiian who likes icicles... what's the point

I barely remember the two years the Flyers won in the seventies
Now the Sixers in 83 that was amazing,...

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I’ve never taken a swim with the dolphins
But I did swim with the Celtics 
One day in Miami
An odd celebrity encounter 
Just me and the team
Swimming in the same hotel pool— all together

The men had...

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Is it pure greed that motivates them
Or could it be that they're insecure
That they are lost without it...
Do they really think anyone cares
about them 'going back to work'

Do they value publicity, fame
adulation and little boys'...

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Outside a door
I stand.
Above my head
on a second
story landing
lives my soul-mate.
Plain, normal,
not of royalty.
One of sincerity,
creativity,
above all else,
loyalty.

Outside I wait
with mere fascination,
a strong attraction.
I only know her name,
bits and pieces of her life.
I know that...

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I’m a recovering Catholic 
drug fiend and addict,  
a drunk, a thief and ex-con, 
musician, writer,  half assed poet, and fighter, 
a drifter, failed husband and father, 

horrible dancer, an excellent cook, Atheist,...

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