mind tricks

[scottobear]

Originally published at The Scotto Grotto. You can comment here or there.

“365 days a year.

every day.

every night.

every week.

every month.

every hour.

every minute.”

says the back of the shirt belonging to the girl sitting in front of me.
in my head i automatically free-associate, finishing the sequence of
phrases: “women are raped.”

i look back at the shirt, continuing reading, to find out just what is
taking place so frequently.

i see the Nike symbol, and the word

“Basketball.”

oh.