I was made from Hawaiian Punch ice cubes
chicken breasts & cauliflower ear Sir Newton’s
Law of Motion drilling double leg takedowns
sprawls shucks fireman's carry I was made from
garbage bag T-shirts cherry Skoal black spit
filling water bottles in the back of classrooms
I was made from ritual a bouquet of boys
pissing on the other freshman & I that lettered
in the locker room showers I was made from
HOME & AWAY meets jogging up & down
a bus aisle to sweat out the last half-pound
before a whistle blew so I could try to pin
the same weight of bones & meat to shoulder
blades the crowd cheering in one collective
mouth of thunder the spotlights above pouring
down on all this strategy to make a shadow
disappear
