He’s seven, wears glow-in-dark
sunglasses, and hurls a passionate,
lofty arc, the bean bag knuckling
on its flight finishing eight feet
short, a small slap off the warm
parking lot, each dirty, yellow bag
clumping like ice cream scoops
melting, a sum totaling zero points.
Today cost us twenty dollars, a wrinkled
Jackson we could have donated, so
we don’t shake hands; we bump fists
in front of try-hards sipping Poland
Spring at a brewery. Pierce the
Capri Sun with force, he’s earned it,
chew Cheez-its with an open mouth,
why not? Claim your victory: Kidz Bop
a little too loud on the drive home.
Adam Chabot is the English Department Chair at Kents Hill School, a private, independent high school located in central Maine. He has work forthcoming or recently published in FEED, Moss Puppy Magazine, rough diamond poetry, The Daily Drunk, and Agapanthus Collective, among others. He can be found on Twitter @adam_chabot