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26 BUZZARD“Well, Paul, I don’t know about you, but I saw a vision of me taking the same bite out of my dyingcat over and over, stretching out into eternity.”“That’s a real humdinger of a vision, Alan.”“How about you, Paul? What did the visions show you?”“Well, Alan, I was ushered to the very furthest shore of sanity by an unfathomable monstrositywho showed me how the universe was born from nothing and how it craves to return to nothing. It cravesfor that and only one other thing.”“What’s that, Paul?”“Jormundsen’s Franks. Got a hankerin’ for a frank? Grab a Jormundsen’s.”“Looks like we have some commotion down on the field. The players have returned to their feetand are embracing each other, as if they have overcome their petty differences and have reached a mutualunderstanding of not only themselves, but of each other.”“You love to see it, folks. You really do.”“The ball is now glowing. How would you describe that color, Paul?”“I can’t rightly say I’ve ever seen a color like that. Just another thing about this that defies alllogic, Alan. It’s glowing brighter and brighter and it… is… outta here! Straight out of this plane of existence.Where it went, who’s to say, folks. All I can tell you is, this announcer is left with more questions than hecame here with.”“And it looks like the ruling on the field is a ground rule double, which seems fair to me.”“Hard to argue with that call, Alan.”“So with Potemkin on second, up to bat is Alexei Sutter. Now Carmichael, historically, has hadtrouble using that slider with left-handed batters.”“And that’s a real blindspot, Alan. A walk at this point could put the Cobras in scoring position totake the lead.”THE UNDER REVIEW
27Rinky DinkJESSICA GREGG In his country, hockey players never fought.It was in his gait, the upright stride that made himtaller than his teammates bent fist first overtheir work at this patchy puddle jump, thishose-flooded slick chute muted by speckled light.Back when America was faded-jean beauty. Majestic loud.Back when we were world’s forest and former factory,and we smelled like dirt and pine needles. Aspirationand gasoline. Chewed-down lipstick and French fries.We never learned to say his name right.He never grew tall enough to be a statue.Yet blade to blue block to goal fest, it was gloryenough in a podium-stand collection of intramural medals.Then the season ended. He couldn’t pack the trophies,take the girlfriend who never learned his wordsor prove the legends he knew to be true.Now his hands itched to blunt and beat,to make blood drip from the broken noses of fatAmerican boys and watch it bounce on ratty,pock-marked ice that reeked of March. ISSUE 4 | SUMMER 2021
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Page 4 and 5: TABLE OF CONTENTSPOETRYA Fable Abou
Page 6 and 7: 6LETTER FROM THE EDITORSMuscle Memo
Page 8 and 9: 8 SHAPIROdad’s jaundice complexio
Page 10 and 11: 10adjust to new requirements. More
Page 12 and 13: 12Learning to DunkCHRIS ABBATEI gua
Page 14 and 15: 14Take OneERIN HILLA spindly-legged
Page 16 and 17: 16even if it didn’t square with t
Page 18 and 19: 18Church SoftballRYAN HARPERThose n
Page 20 and 21: 20Eye of the StormBRETT BIEBELThis
Page 22 and 23: 22A Real HumdingerKEITH BUZZARD “
Page 24 and 25: 24“Not sure how good an idea that
Page 28 and 29: 28DavidANDREW GENTMichelangelo’s
Page 30 and 31: 30Bring on the boos, Ryan thought a
Page 32 and 33: 32“Christ, next time we gotta mak
Page 34 and 35: 34“Actually, it’s more like one
Page 36 and 37: 36 ERWINThe umpire started back for
Page 38 and 39: 38My serve. I was pretty good at it
Page 40 and 41: 40I remembered this incident just b
Page 42 and 43: 42At Logan Avenue, I turned left, h
Page 44 and 45: 44 BELDENMy mother glanced over and
Page 46 and 47: 46 ELPHICKbeen in a real fight in a
Page 48 and 49: 48Interview with Maya WashingtonTER
Page 50 and 51: 50TH: You mention in the beginning
Page 52 and 53: 52performance poet, who is performi
Page 54 and 55: 54known stories in college football
Page 56 and 57: 56Racing DadKIMBERLY J. BROWNI tell
Page 58 and 59: 58 TAYLORDetroit Tigers World Serie
Page 60 and 61: 60When I was planning my trip, I br
Page 62 and 63: 62The RunnerMORROW DOWDLESleep’s
Page 64 and 65: 64Bonus DaysAMY ZARANEKIn basketbal
Page 66 and 67: 66Book ReviewJALEN EUTSEYBe Holding
Page 68 and 69: 68looking down at us,watching,as Do
Page 70 and 71: 70 CONTRIBUTOR NOTESCONTRIBUTOR NOT
Page 72 and 73: 72 CONTRIBUTOR NOTESALEX WELLS SHAP

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