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Giants In Sneakers MAG
Standing in the gym
watching the boys
win their first game -
seeing the gold floor
under the flat fluorescent
light.
The gym smells
like my brother's feet.
Giants in sneakers
hit the shot
and grab the rebound.
The crowd screams
like
people on a plane
plummeting to their death.
Down by one,
5 seconds left -
we have the ball.
The shot goes up,
the ball hits
the orange rim,
and the crowd
is quiet
like a bee buzzing
through a field
miles away.
The ball
rolls into the basket
the horn roars
a girl faints,
falls like
a sky diver
who forgot his
chute.
The boys
win,
and the plane gets
its power back
and lands safely:
the sky diver
hits the
ground, bounces
three times
and lives to
tell the tale.
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