Crime Scene

Photo by RP Thomas

Thief

Every small school has a football star—

Talent is no different in that regard—

a kid who shines under the lights

on Friday nights, thrilling the home town

crowd of moms and dads who yield to this

sacred rite of passage, when 200 yards

rushing ensures the rightful purpose

of their lives—and the dad may drink or

be an insurance man, and the mom may

have a secret plan to escape the deadening

sameness of everything, having once

dreamed of something else.  Boomer’s

mother hadn’t a clue that her son was sporting

failure in school—that his head was filled with

schemes to steal things that weren’t his.

Thus one night after the big game, when Big

Mike and Rolo were away at Lizzie DeLay’s,

Boomer and his friend Ben Browner stole

into the junkyard after midnight, found the

mechanic’s stash and a few of his  meager

treasures, and trashed the bus in their anger.

TS