Ice on my tongue, crusted<\/p>\n
Over harsh, bitter puffs of nothingness<\/p>\n
I trusted<\/p>\n
The months would stretch and coalesce into taffy-like time<\/p>\n
That eternities would burn in the aftermath of summer’s speed<\/p>\n
And all evenings would be fever dreams of drill and fundamentals and Varsity<\/p>\n
Until the sun slid behind the lids of the multihued trees and the Fearless Leader<\/p>\n
Summoned the teeming mass of band geeks to the center of the tower and we all<\/p>\n
Screamed “Go, Michigan!” as a team and December was but a beam on future’s horizon<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
In January’s rut I cling<\/p>\n
To the remainder of the season in my closet and the singing, screaming shrieks of victory<\/p>\n
Storms of maize and blue and snow that flowed round human flesh<\/p>\n
And the heat that dwindled into a freeze as the fall washed into my memory<\/p>\n
And the bright maize lights and the blimp and the remembrance<\/p>\n
The fusion of fall with first Notus, then Boreas,<\/p>\n
42-27<\/p>\n
Entanglement of life with Heaven<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
They said we wouldn’t win until Hell had frozen over<\/p>\n
Before they realized<\/p>\n
Hell is a town in Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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