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BETWEEN ROUNDS
by Tom Smario

Don't worry Tommy Gun,
don't worry, Clayton Hires
said to me. I did anyway.

Between rounds I'm giving
advice and pleading for
him to take it. I spray
mist into his face, wash
the mouthpiece and give
him a drink of water.
Is that fresh water?
he asks me. He hangs
on the edge of his stool
waiting for an answer.

The man is crazy I think
to myself. We're toward
the end of a brutal ten
rounder with a cowboy from
Canada and he wants his
water fresh. Yes! I tell
him. I just got it out
of a mountain spring!

He bounces up when the bell
rings. Rejuvenated.
Dangerous. Electrified
as a cornered coyote.
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