Thursday, January 21, 2016

Arthur – v2

“Wait ‘till next year”, his whisper,
His Mantra in a knowing tone -
He’d seen the magic -
Red Sox as World Champions

Sitting in bleacher seats
Train rides to Fenway Park, before;
When it was our game
Before Ruth wore stripes

Sixty plus years
Puritan patience,
Furrowed brow,
Wistful hope remaining

“Wait ‘till next year”, spoken
As a warm worn cloak
I still wear
Thirty plus years hence

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edited January 21, 2016
Arthur – v2

posted February 25, 2004
writing 10/17/03 13:30 to 13:40
Edited 10/20/03, to change yankee to Puritan
Arthur
about my paternal grandfather
Arthur Leon Foss
(born 11/30/1888, died September 1978)
and his love of the Boston Red Sox
(written a year before their
2004 World Series Championship,
breaking a 84 year drought)

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