Dear Mr. Bostock: Abdul Jibber Jabber,
when your batting average was .147,
you asked Gene Autry not
to pay you. He said no.
You gave your monthly paycheck
to charity, and you did this in a time
when money was tight for many
in America, including my family,
when my father couldn’t work
because he broke his back,
just as you did every time you suited up
for the Twins and Angels,
a halo of mosquitoes
buzzing above a bird bath
filled with beer cans and bullets.
Joey Nicoletti was born in New York City. He works in Buffalo.
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