Thursday, April 6, 2023

the pertinent numbers

ninety two percent
live
more than
fifteen
years, after the surgery,
he tells me,
holding
up a stat sheet from
the New England Journal
of Medicine.
he's underlined
in yellow
the pertinent numbers.
we used
to talk about
running backs
and guards,
cheerleaders, 
the opening of a new
movie, as we
threw the ball around
the yard.

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