Opportunity

Watched the World Series 

The team I root for

Didn’t win

They’re from my hometown 

Some of my earliest memories 

Are of the family 

Gathering around the tv

And watching Fernando 

You know

Valenzuela 

Fernandomania 

They called it

My parents 

Who I found out later

Didn’t like the sport 

So much as 

To see someone 

Who looked like them

And shared nationality 

And wanted us to see

And dream

That could be us

On tv 

Or at least 

That we too could succeed 

In this country 

Opportunity by Robert Rodriguez. November 2, 2017. 10:54AM