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"ncaa" poems
i need it: the concrete floors that send electricity through the soles of my shoes, the ascent up stairs, cold metal under my palm as lana sings to me and i give her my own words in return and the pillars of my past rise up before me. i need the now-familiar halls, the gleam of wood and glass appropriately placed. i need the embrace of cold air, heavy with home smells: vulcanized rubber, sweat, fresh ice. i need my wall, my stairs, my home address: 112, 3, 12. i need my family, related by blood and ice, by joy and frustration, by elation and tears. i need the ceiling off its trusses, the pitch black, the red lights, the resounding bass, the cold and reverent silence as the bulbs sizzle back to life-- the opening face-off, teeth gritted, fists closed. i need the smack of sticks against ice, pucks stinging red pipes, blades scraping up snow, the crunch of the boards, the red light and the deafening horn, six thousand people erupting in screams, one entity, every hand pointed to one end of the rink. i need the urge to bite my nails, an adrenaline rush, i need to clock-watch, i need to ***** and laugh and yell and grin, i need to collapse and breathe when the buzzer sounds, three more points, closer to the penrose, closer to the ncaa's-- i need hockey. i need home.
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Aug 23, 2014
Aug 23, 2014 at 3:28 AM UTC
enpointephoenix
homesick
i need it: the concrete floors that send electricity through the soles of my shoes, the ascent up stairs, cold metal under my palm as lana sings to me and i give her my own words in return and the pillars of my past rise up before me. i need the now-familiar halls, the gleam of wood and glass appropriately placed. i need the embrace of cold air, heavy with home smells: vulcanized rubber, sweat, fresh ice. i need my wall, my stairs, my home address: 112, 3, 12. i need my family, related by blood and ice, by joy and frustration, by elation and tears. i need the ceiling off its trusses, the pitch black, the red lights, the resounding bass, the cold and reverent silence as the bulbs sizzle back to life-- the opening face-off, teeth gritted, fists closed. i need the smack of sticks against ice, pucks stinging red pipes, blades scraping up snow, the crunch of the boards, the red light and the deafening horn, six thousand people erupting in screams, one entity, every hand pointed to one end of the rink. i need the urge to bite my nails, an adrenaline rush, i need to clock-watch, i need to ***** and laugh and yell and grin, i need to collapse and breathe when the buzzer sounds, three more points, closer to the penrose, closer to the ncaa's-- i need hockey. i need home.
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it's 8:00 somewhere in Washington D.C. and the global selection committee has made its picks: for the 473rd time all the number one seeds are filled by countries that break the most rims and shatter the most glass. here we have the U.S of the North American region taking on Haiti, cos the poorest countries always place no higher than 14. China of the Asia region has drawn Nepal, Israel gets Palestine, and Italy pulls Ethiopia. There are no African countries- they didn't make the tournament this year. No problem tho, the selection committee figures they've been beaten up too many times to even make a layup. Games start tmrw so grab your favorite basketball merchandise and keep the channel set. There will be no upsets so don't bother pulling for the underdog. They've already been neutered, anyway.
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Mar 20, 2013
Mar 20, 2013 at 10:49 PM UTC
joshua-martin
If The World Was An NCAA Tournament Bracket
it's 8:00 somewhere in Washington D.C. and the global selection committee has made its picks: for the 473rd time all the number one seeds are filled by countries that break the most rims and shatter the most glass. here we have the U.S of the North American region taking on Haiti, cos the poorest countries always place no higher than 14. China of the Asia region has drawn Nepal, Israel gets Palestine, and Italy pulls Ethiopia. There are no African countries- they didn't make the tournament this year. No problem tho, the selection committee figures they've been beaten up too many times to even make a layup. Games start tmrw so grab your favorite basketball merchandise and keep the channel set. There will be no upsets so don't bother pulling for the underdog. They've already been neutered, anyway.
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