We played H.O.R.S.E. with Mountain Dew cans last night, but sat more on the bench than the sidelines. Wiregrass crept through the faulted court in lines. Lines like bike spokes, like greasy dreadlocks, like power lines. Enough **** left to last the rest of the game? Enough till "E," 'til we're empty? Mountain Dew foul shots bank in and lay on the court until tomorrow night's game.
My hometown is now synonymous with drugs and delapidation, so whenever I write a poem like this, I'm home. What a shame.