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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE ON EARTH, by WILLIAM A. PHELON
First Line: He turned up at the baseball park--
Last Line: And all alone on earth!
Subject(s): Baseball; Friendship; Solitude; Sports; Loneliness
First Line: He turned up at the baseball park--
Last Line: And all alone on earth!
Subject(s): Baseball; Friendship; Solitude; Sports; Loneliness
HE TURNED up at the baseball park—
A quiet, modest man—
"I'd like," said he, "to get a pass—
That is, sir, if I can!"
"What claims have you?" the gateman said—
"Show proofs, ere I unbend"—
"Just this—'tis all," the stranger said—
"I am the umpire's friend."
They passed him gladly through the gate,
And perched him in the stand—
The joyous crowd cheered long and loud,
And "Oompah" went the band—
They studied him, that wondering throng—
This man of modest worth—
The first and only umpire's friend,
And all alone on earth!
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