Strawberry and Gooden gone. Ray Knight gone.
José Reyes and David Cone gone. Seaver gone!
Mike Scott and Nolan Ryan gone.
Kevin Mitchell and Jeff Kent gone.
Daniel Murphy gone. Justin Turner gone.
Amos Otis gone. Zack Wheeler gone.
Dykstra and McDowell gone. Aguilera gone.
So many painful memories and hauntings
About what might have been, it’s like
Winning a lottery that you forgot to enter.
So sad. Lost opportunities. Every team
Has them, I know, but these are my Mets,
My beloved Mets . . . who’ve won it all
Twice in their first 64 years. The team, if
A human, could collect early social security.
And they’ve won the Series twice! So many
Missed opportunities. So sad. But then I
See what is and think, “Number Three will
Be this season!” Still – – – so many gone
Before they should have been.
THE POETRY OF THE GAME