UGR09,R-2: Come Out and Play (388 hits)
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Submitted by FALLEN (View user info) at 2009-03-26 12:03:11 EDT
In the bottom of his hockey bag there are three rolls of tape. One is partially used from the last time the stick needed a new cover.
"Along the bottom edge first then wrap from tip to heel to reduce drag on the ice."
The other two are unopened and will most likely stay that way for a long time. They are basic black as he has long outgrown the gimmicky colors. The zebra stripes, the skull and crossbones design and even the pink that they all used after that other kid scored a hat trick in a tournament.
"Another trophy for the shelf."
These three sit silently now that the season is over. Down at the bottom of the bag, next to a few old pairs of laces that have long since snapped, yet never thrown away. Sharing space with skates whose blades are slowly forming a light film of rust.
"Wipe the blades off before you put them away."
The tape and the gear sit quietly waiting in the bag they have always called home. The bag that now sits on the back porch, no longer being dragged in and out of trunks or shoved into busses. On the porch next to sticks that wait to one day fire a slap shot toward a net.
"Keep it a few feet off the ice, not too high, not too low."
This equipment, a pile of plastic and foam, which was once his protector and defined him, is left behind. This unworn armor and quiet weapons sit and unknowingly join a silent brotherhood of catcher's mitts with drying palms and half deflated basketballs.
Seasons come to an end, leagues become outgrown, and children go off to college. When they go they leave behind memories of seven A.M practices, parents who cheered them on, and the things that shared their playtime.
Things like these three rolls of tape that quietly wait for the chance that they might once again come out and play.
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-05-01 17:46:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by orphelia (user info) at 2009-03-26 16:23:53 EDT (#)
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So sico is offspring? 'cos i asked offspring to confirm he wasn't sico and he never got back to me.
And let's face it, if you are not sico you are gonna confirm (no offence)
Submitted by Badlands (user info) at 2009-03-26 16:15:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by haikumikoo (user info) at 2009-03-26 15:24:47 EDT (#)
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Brings back fond memories, the baseball glove got you the nostalgia +2.
Submitted by monkeyswithguns (user info) at 2009-03-26 14:28:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by SkullBiter (user info) at 2009-03-26 13:54:18 EDT (#)
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Poor tape.
Submitted by Brdn_Nkd (user info) at 2009-03-26 13:49:30 EDT (#)
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Submitted by F.J.Bell (user info) at 2009-03-26 13:18:08 EDT (#)
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Shake shake shake, shake shake shake, Shake your booty! Shake your booty! http://www.flickr.com/photos/ucumari/427035041/
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2009-03-26 13:15:26 EDT (#)
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BOOM!! ...goes the dynamite.
Submitted by RoadSong (user info) at 2009-03-26 13:09:41 EDT (#)
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Submitted by firefly (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:59:22 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:55:41 EDT (#)
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Where's the alters desecrating you? You're my alter, poofter.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:55:17 EDT (#)
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BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
chaka laka
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:54:52 EDT (#)
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tick
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:54:41 EDT (#)
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Tick
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:54:27 EDT (#)
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+2 Bomb
Tick...
Submitted by TuTs (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:47:56 EDT (#)
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Yes you both used sports in stories titled come out and play, how unconventional. The other one had a gruesome picture.....
Submitted by Offspring (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:34:41 EDT (#)
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Good post. We both used sports in our stories.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:29:34 EDT (#)
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sabatouree
sabatager
WHORE!!!
I am struck down by alter shenanagens
Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:25:39 EDT (#)
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Only because I want Offspring to win, since that's my alter.
Props to Uniter for rating posts this way so I can copy his/her style.
Submitted by SgtHartman (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:25:38 EDT (#)
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Boo Yah
Submitted by scourge (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:24:39 EDT (#)
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Submitted by sage104 (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:24:35 EDT (#)
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I liked all the hockey talk, and I liked the sense of wistfulness about this post.
Good writing, Sic- er...FALLEN!! :)
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:17:29 EDT (#)
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i'm such a retard I just remember I lost ADD09 to you too, WTF?
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:10:15 EDT (#)
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Fallen, Offspring is my alter, TOO! For realsies.
Submitted by FALLEN (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:09:08 EDT (#)
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as long as I make it through you can call me what ever you want Sico
Submitted by sicosemen (user info) at 2009-03-26 12:08:06 EDT (#)
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Make a shit stew, Fallen is Jamming, NIGGERS!
Oh, and +2 MY ALTER!