753129  Poems Read Home Login

 Contemporary poetry by Dan Donlan

REMEMBERING OLD FRIENDS

By Dan Donlan, www.PoetryPoem.com/dandy1    Unlock all Features - Upgrade to Poetry Prime


Perez and I were old friends an odd couple
Six foot three he was five foot six
Irish Northwest born he Puerto Rician
Our common ground we both loved baseball
He had a secret played shortstop for Pirates
Joined the Air force reserves to gain citizenship
Daily the goal was to get him ready for the season
One day there was a man watching his agent
I was signed as a $500 a day make good pitcher
We were prepared to go to spring training
First act of friendship he wanted to introduce me to his family
We borrowed a car and prepared to go to Sequin, Texas
I was in the car when, called to duty emergency room
Four O'clock in the afternoon a call came in car accident
I was called as emergency tech not knowing it was my friend
When we arrived the body was covered and Perez had died
I never made it to spring training I was hurting
Always I carry with me a guilt had I been there would he
be speeding home on a curve 90 miles an hours the brakes locked
A replacement was made on the Pittsburg roster Roberto Clemente
In each life so many things can changed the outcome








©2000 - 2022, Individual Authors of the Poetry. All rights reserved by authors.

Visit My Home Page | Start Your Own Poetry Site | PoetryPoem
[ Control Panel ]  [ Today's Poetry - ALL Poets ]   [ Search ]



monique Message from Monique - Free videos for your poetry. Check them out Go to Poetry Poem youtube channel and get the embed  
YouTube
dreamweaver POETRY BY KRIS ~ DREAMWEAVER - ~WELCOME TO DREAMLAND~ Read my Poems to Know me. I am in my poems.  
dreamweaver
poet5170 Poetry by Elsie - *WELCOME TO MY WORLD* ~ Read my poems full of fact, fiction and fantasy.  
poet5170
malibupoetess Life Lines by Malibu Poetess - Straight forward prose and poetry on life, love, joy and disillusionment.  
malibupoetess
norrie5 Message in poetry - personalised poetry, red heartshaped bottle extra special gift for a loved one  
norrie5
waterdragon Our Next Poet Laureate! YAYA! - Remarkable contemporary poetry by award-winning author of Out of Cullen Street (A House of Madness)  
waterdragon
athanase Poetry by athanase - Feedback and critique requested.  
athanase

smallsteps     mypoems477      pete      wordrider1      egp1  View All Poets
Newest Item: People Watching
I’m a people watcher A thing I instinctively do Please don’t take offence I ... More
Added: 2024-03-21  My Poetry List  PoetryPoem.com      Get a Free Site       Blogs     Stories     Premium Sites