Poetry |
The Stone Poets’ Poem of the Month
As our name implies, we have an interest in poetry. To us, poetry conveys the ideas of creativity, beauty and a sense of wonder that we think is important in the way we view our company and our purpose. With this in mind, each month we like to share a short poem with our customers. For the month of July, we’ve selected Thomas Michael McDade's “Autographs.”
Thomas Michael McDade is a lifetime Red Sox fan who grew up in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, home of the Triple A Pawtucket Red Sox.
Autographs
The homeless guy with eyes
glued to the sports page
doesn't know he once served me
Buds at a dark morning bar
on Route 22.
He couldn't keep quiet
about his minor
league baseball career.
I don't recall the details,
the stats,
players who moved up
to the Bigs without him.
But here at the Burger King
I watch as his eyes move
to his hand curled
like it's waiting for a ball
to drop from the fingers
of a pitching coach
who just summoned him
to the mound.
Walking to the men's room
I pass his table,
notice forehead stitches
that loop like Spalding's.
The paper is open to race results.
Blue fading horses' names
crowd his palm
like autographs
on an old team ball.
- Thomas Michael McDade
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