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Show COMING OF AGE I s t r u g g l e to put my g l o v e i i n . thsy need to be washed so they a r e n ' t 3- s t i F f . As I bene down t o s c r a t c h my l e g s , I look ever at Dad i'ja-i .-3'-. ^ s t r a n g e wa^ of wcsrmirig up. a e ' r t i n g sow;: on tna f l o o r and j 1.13 - j . . 3 >" 3 0- w i e r d t i * i . ' n g ; . _ >_• T ~ha- h i " ah :> i ? :pp e ar ap. : e i s 3 . i v ~ l e 5-~a.;g-. Ha t o o k r, • s gu.r. •: l : t ^ . e s -Time a -f.?... ' h ' j n a : o ~.o get l'h ^iii w a s - ; - : arid f o r g o t to r v t r i ; .• s -h ?m, 50 h •=• is j r i r m g an : ld irt an •Siiis.t trunks tha~ >.ers in his iiiker His isg-3 are quite nornal except i or the calves, <:,!-. ich are jnormoLS I inherited those calve; from him, but a? least I cover them up, -uric J-'" as he seems to emphasize them by wearing ankle-high 50C k s. His ih-jle body has a thr omn-1 ogs tner look, as if iie were made of a bun:;- of spare parts that G-O't had lyii«.g around He r*s a big jaw and a round nose, and a balding spot just above his forercad that has been threatening to go completely bare ^or years. I t:ss the ball against thr- front wall, -feeling my arm muscles shuffling themselves into their proper olaces. It's been five years since my bratner Boyd first struck me on a handball court and told me that throwing the ball woulo loosen up my arm. Eve- though he told me it would happen, I was still astounded at how much ry h^nds swelled up after that first game. T;iy were at least twice their normal sire. The strange thing about it all was that even thouijn I y.a- sure I had crushed every nerve in my hands, i couldn't wait t> get back in thr |