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Game 84

4/20/2015

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Round One - Game Two
CHI 91               MIL 82

Neil: This team can’t beat you with talent or depth, so they just...
Stacey: I call it muddying the waters
I can swim,
But I’m not at home in the water
like some people.

I’m always very aware
of my clumsiness
and the danger--
lurking.

As a kid,
I would have nightmares
where I would have to accept
my drowning--
after fighting it
and fighting it.

Now I know these dreams
were about death--
not water.

But
for a while,
water would trigger
that dream feeling--
that panic.

I would face my mortality
every time my
head went under.

A shower
like a car
dipping suddenly--
A sickening rush.

But I wouldn't let it stop me
from living--


Snorkeling in the Caribbean--
Jumping in strange muddy rivers
on hot Texas road trips.

Stakes is high
like airplanes--
that’s life.

I close my eyes
and float,

Getting lost in even the muddiest water
as if it were the sky.

1 Comment
Alex
4/21/2015 12:15:51 pm

Holy shit.

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