W R E S T L I N G S E A S O N

  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

Sean Shearer received his MFA in poetry from the University of Virginia. His poems have appeared in or are forthcoming from Boulevard, New England Review, jubilat, Copper Nickel, Beloit Poetry Journal, among others. Sean's the founder, editor, & book designer for BOAAT Press. Website: www.iamseanshearer.com