HITS
First lesson of the ice:
you're always second toughest.
Second lesson:
don't let him know it. Always get up
fast. Take the hits,
hit the whiskey, scotch
tape bones back together,
ice the rest,
sleep and wake stiff
to another ad hoc dad lesson:
you're always last toughest
because they drool guileless,
grin toothless,
kiss you gap-toothed,
lay your limping ass
flat again.
Mitchell Metz
