Nine oak fingers
Chipped yellow clogs
Fire red suspenders
Shaven blue trunks
Rusty squeaky knees
Nickel strings missing
Julio’s curled away
Inside Oscar’s bench
It lies underneath
A deflated football
Bent plastic bat
And torn quilts
Live, Revel, Hope
Nine oak fingers
Chipped yellow clogs
Fire red suspenders
Shaven blue trunks
Rusty squeaky knees
Nickel strings missing
Julio’s curled away
Inside Oscar’s bench
It lies underneath
A deflated football
Bent plastic bat
And torn quilts