Forever Babe

‘ Forever Babe’

by

Gene L. Gillette

(Copyright Gene L Gillette )



Stitches turning, motion forward,

cartoon lines push a baseball

toward a shimmering window.


White circular clouds: an awkward brown and green tree

paint the background, filling the paper.

Stripes, knee socks and boyish grins.

Awkward Giants, our sublime heroes.



Ruth, Mantle, Tinker to Evers to Chance.

American fabric, woven so deep, our older hands grip tighter on our corporate bats.

Frozen crayons, childishly drawn in time

forbids the baseball to break the window.

Ah but memories stream, a thousand sunshine days

of hot dogs, friendly crowds and the Boys of Summer.