Long Way Down — When the Joke Was Over

WHEN THE JOKE WAS OVER

I asked how Shawn

could’ve known Frick was the guy who killed Buck.

Buck said there was only

one other person at the

court that night,

always there all the time,

a young kid

running back and forth

trying to dunk.

Not shoot.

Said he thinks I might’ve known him.

Tony.

And he wasn’t trying to dunk.

He was trying to fly.