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FICTION - ISSUE FOUR

Thunderbirds

SCOTT ROOKER

2012


My entire professional career, every sacrifice I had made, had all been leading up to this moment.  My boss, Mr. Vic, sat behind a picture of his muscular daughter.

He said, "Are you ready for the big news?  They want to make you a partner, Jack!"

"Me?"

"They want you to be a full-fledged partner." He said, "We're talking six figures, company car.  You just have to relocate to Winston-Salem."

I gasped.

"What's wrong?" He asked.



1989

Deep in the concrete annals of Dorton Arena, during a hotly contested minor-league hockey game between our beloved Raleigh ICECAPS and their division rivals, the dreaded Winston-Salem THUNDERBIRDS, we waited in a line out in front of the men's bathroom.

This was some line.

Curiously, the line snaked across a narrow corridor, which faced directly into the opposing teams' locker room.  There were the dreaded Winston-Salem THUNDERBIRDS.

A man behind us yelled, "THUNDERBIRDS SUCK DONKEY DICK!"

I never forgot that.





I said to Vic, "I need a few days to think it over.  I'll make a decision by the weekend."

I would think it over, but in my mind, I already knew.


The End







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Scott Rooker is an artist, musician, and writer from Raleigh, North Carolina.
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