Poetic License: ‘In The Shade of Freddie Gray’
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Joe Pacheco
In the shade of Freddie Gray
The vacant stands are still.
No fans to shout hooray.
No anthem sung today,
No luxury box will fill
In the shade of Freddie Gray.
On field, two teams display
Their valor, speed and skill —
But no fans shout hooray.
Sirens wail just miles away —
Dark on the pitcher’s hill
Lies the shade of Freddie Gray.
A miracle catch or play
Won’t give late inning thrill.
No fans to shout hooray.
Respect, fear, shame? We cannot say
But remember well we will —
No fans to shout hooray
In the shade of Freddie Gray.