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BALL DAY
MALLORY WHITTEN


i told you the janitor at the elementary school i went to had a red mullet & a motorcycle

you told me the janitor at the elementary school you went to had long hair & was named wayne

i imagined the janitor at the elementary school you went to cleaning up puke in hallways & poop next to toilets

you said twice a year your long-haired janitor would go on the roof of the school & throw the balls that had collected there during the school year down onto the playground

you said those days were known unofficially as "ball day" by the students

i imagined the janitor at the elementary school you went to cleaning up your puke in the hallway & your friend's poop next to a toilet while feeling defeated then having a faraway feeling of ball day