Once the obliques

with the most torque

and the strongest shoulder carrying

others time after time;

the first car to arrive

and the last to leave,

but now his stomach is folds of skin

and his shoulder is riddled with tears.

The numbers fans once cheered for

are stained with an asterisk

so generation after generation

ask what that punctuation mark means

and his name scrawled on balls

and posters

is all that’s left,

but can he even call it his anymore?

By Matthew McGuirk

From: United States

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