Mobilization, pure diversion
The false sanctity of Christmas Day games, a compulsion for entertainment, and team hardship signings in the limbo week before the New Year.
The apartment is very quiet. After days of rain and fog, there’s snow again. A light fuzz in the air, television static or icing sugar sieved down on a cake from a heavy hand. This week between Christmas and New Years’s has always held in it a loose agitation for me. A feeling of waiting, but not very well. Some of that comes from wanting to be on with …
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