Lacrosse players

they played lacrosse on a field made of shredded tires,
in the sun, the black absorbed hot sun only to
shimmer its heat up towards faces hot with the sweat
of playing, the ball arcing across the sky, their eyes
squinting into the sun, their sticks swinging down hard
to catch and throw, the black shredded tires soft
on their feet.

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