Tag Archives: Boxing

Punchline

Punchline

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What I loved the most was not the violence Oh I loved the violence but the walk down to the ring that’s why I was in the game I just loved the parade if only it could have been miles yes five miles wouldn’t that have been great five miles of cheering and clapping wonderful young girls peeing in their knickers the smell oh what a smell.more

THREE FLASH NONFICTION

THREE FLASH NONFICTION

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David’s no hero for beating some guy named John; square him off against Goliath, though, and heart makes history.more

You Don’t Have Very Far to Go

You Don’t Have Very Far to Go

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And for two days straight, before going into the bookstore, I’d been locked up in a darkened room that stank to high heaven of unwashed pits and a poorly-wiped ass.more

Shining the Shoes of the Shoeshine Man

Shining the Shoes of the Shoeshine Man

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I am a fool and would prefer to remain one. It beats the alternative. more

Shadow Boxing

Shadow Boxing

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An older man’s confrontation in a gym parking lot leads to consequencesmore

Fly Away Home

Fly Away Home

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There was purity and punishment to fighting and a release valve at the end of his fists.

OR…

Sometimes birds lose their way or have an accident.
Sometimes they become victims of predators.more

Could Haves

Could Haves

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Savannah had watched the man come up the walk minutes before, noting his crisp strides, the way each foot landed on the instep instead of the heel-toe, heel-toe approach of most men. He had oddly put out his palm to press the doorbell, and Savannah knew she had to answer. The man now sat acrossmore

The Butcher

The Butcher

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The street lights shined on the metal siding of Harrison Brothers warehouse. During the day fifty men hauled bags of grain and loaded them onto trucks headed west. Danny knew a few people who worked there. He sometimes drank with them at The Rocks. But it was near midnight and the people gathered inside weremore

Eight Rounds

Eight Rounds

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I got to bang with him. I got to get in there and really make it a fight.more