Synth Composite Basketball: No More Court


My first basketball court was old skool
before anyone used the “k,” like reverse
pivots or box outs. When some kid
got paralyzed after M&M jammed

a broken bottle into his back, HUD paved
over the free throw lane. They built
a clubhouse with big windows
and pay foosball because a good clubhouse

with games can make HUD housing
look less HUD. The new romper room
didn’t change the explanations blind Pearl’s
daughter had for her already inflating belly:

Yeah, this M&M’s kid. Girl, he don’t
melt in the hand. He melt someplace else.


- Adrian Matejka (from Anti-)

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