Leapers

remember that time i spray painted a word

on my leather jacket? where were we?

we should have been in the city the whole time. we should’ve,

right? we should have been born there. any city. any block.

soccer was a society thing. a cultural absurdity at the

time. for us. it still is. ball is personal. we take it that

way. we didn’t start playing until we were 15.

it came easy. like water from the faucet. they say that.

still. our shot is like that. it’s falling. like water. they say

it when we shoot. our hands are faucets. they know it’s

going in. they hope not, but it does. and they’re right.

game point. ones and twos. win straight up. like water. we

remind them of pistol pete since we’re white and cute.

i could have kissed them. we made people look bad.

stupid bad. just to hear

that.

and, it helps, we’re still leapers. or was it lepers. that