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A review by magicalsocks
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif Abdurraqib
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
(6/19/24)
...& this is how i slipped into the
shed just barely & watched through the cracks
& ate the only sandwich I hadn't abandoned
in the pursuit & watched five cops out of breath
collapsing into the grass field & shaking their heads
& there is the casting away of demons into a herd
though I can't recall which animal but maybe you can
---
"But let it be known that some of us never once dreamed of leaving. Never thought about making it out of any place as glorious as this. Tell me if you have ever built a heaven out if nothing, and then tell me what it would take for you to look for a new one somewhere else."
...& this is how i slipped into the
shed just barely & watched through the cracks
& ate the only sandwich I hadn't abandoned
in the pursuit & watched five cops out of breath
collapsing into the grass field & shaking their heads
& there is the casting away of demons into a herd
though I can't recall which animal but maybe you can
---
"But let it be known that some of us never once dreamed of leaving. Never thought about making it out of any place as glorious as this. Tell me if you have ever built a heaven out if nothing, and then tell me what it would take for you to look for a new one somewhere else."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Hate crime, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Murder
Minor: Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Death