Like Hockey

from Disruption: A Pandemic Decalogue by Randy Wyatt

Genre: Drama, Dramedy

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V, a former student athlete plagued by injury, takes on a pandemic that has frozen the world. V video chats with a friend, Trent.

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V

Dude it's like

I dunno. 

It's like hockey.
Hockey's always been there. 
It's never not 
But 

then one day
bam 
I'm done 
I have to be done 
Headaches all the time 
Knees, hips 
shoulder's permanently screwed up 
so I have to be done 
And even though it was a long time coming, right 
It still felt like 
bam 
And who am I now 

well I know who I am 
I'm 
I'm the guy who sees the goal 
and attacks it 
That's who I am dude. 

You know.
You've seen me. 

But
right now it's like 
We've all never been so
disintegrated 
You know? 
Like a bad painting. 
It's nuts. 

Can't see people.
Can't touch them. 
Can't share space with them. 
And if we do 
we're putting them in danger 
and that's 

I mean
None of us can 
Be 
Normal. 

I'm me, sure, but
Disrupted. 
Exceedingly disrupted. 

It's like hockey.
Me but exceedingly 

What time is it?
Does time exist? 
You there, dude? 
Trent? 

You frozen?
Heh. 
Me too, dude. 
Me too. 

For now.