The click, click of old<\/p>\n

Irish gold and wedding ring passed<\/p>\n

from nurse to hand, after a tug<\/p>\n

over a knuckle cracked and rooted<\/p>\n

in the past like an old ground stump.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Across the dance floor,<\/p>\n

at the Heidelberg bar,<\/p>\n

after a stranger\u2019s slap to the ass<\/p>\n

of his wife, the fighter taught by<\/p>\n

Meyer \u201cKid Carson\u201d Cohen,<\/p>\n

former New England welterweight<\/p>\n

champ,<\/p>\n

stops to remove the watch,<\/p>\n

the gift from a brother,<\/p>\n

gets smacked in the mouth,<\/p>\n

and comes off the floor.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Years later, the canvas duffle<\/p>\n

filled with old uniforms, fatigues,<\/p>\n

and an uneasy suspicion of what is to come,<\/p>\n

spins, as each boy, right hands tucked<\/p>\n

behind backs, jab with windless lefts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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