Fuzzy Nova

My last poem was re-written by my friend Milton. So I took a poem of his and rewrote it. This is his:

Scarecrow

Feast upon me you uncaring carrion crows.

Tear at my hands-
Hands weary of tossing breadcrumbs
Tired of mending black broken wings.

Rip at my ears-
Ears deafened by constant cawing
Numbed from frivolous flapping

Claw at my shoulders-
Shoulders tattered and torn from talons
Stained and soiled with shit.

Feast at my heart-
Heart stilled and silent with solitude,
Drain and drip it dry.

Feed, fatten and fly
Flee the frozen fields
Seek the southern summers.

This is my version:

crows
dark scavengers
feasting on my flesh

my hands are torn and bleeding
having nothing left to offer up
they are weary
no long able to mend your broken wings
they fall to my side
useless
pointless
dead

my ears are unable to hear
deaf to the noise of the world
they cannot hear
my cries
or yours

my shoulders fall
the talons claw
ripping me to shreads
tattered
torn
they are stained with blood
tears
sweat

my heart is bare
my chest now an empty hole
exposed
stilled
silent
the solitude has drained me
left me dying
dead

they feed
fattening their bellies with what was once whole
they flee
unconcerned with my plight
i’m left alone
they move on
different times
different victims
same story

a thought
a dream
a wish
a life
a story
a memory
they’re not mine
they never belonged to me
but I steal them
all of them
all for me
wrapped myself in them
i indulge
i devour
i caress
i destroy
if you wanted them
if they were secret
private things
you should not have misplaced them
take better care of these things
these things you cherished
they have been stolen
grand larceny
they are mine now
i will guard my treasure
i will not treat them so foolishly
lock them up tight
mine
forever
and always

(I was having a conversation with my good friend Milton and ended up writing this poem. I think the two of us may try a new idea where we toss the poem back and forth. We’ll end up hacking it to pieces and reconstructing it. I guess we’ll see what happens. I’ll probably post the results.)

This is Milton’s version:

Life
Memory
not mine
Accessible.
You neglect
Mishandled, misplaced,
Mine to take
you must care
you must cherish
your secret self
your soul center
Fool.
Silently stolen
all of them
all for me
wrangled away
wrapped in them
I indulge
I devour
I caress
I destroy
Mine
I lock
Mine only
I guard
Mine always
I treasure.
Mine forever.

The Utah Jazz’s wing position they’ve been thinning out is being filled back up. Othyus Jeffers of the Iowa Energy has been called up from the NBA Development League and will sign a 10-day contract with the Jazz. Jeffers is a 6-foot-5, 200-pounder, who played college ball for Robert Morris University in Chicago. He will bring the Jazz up to the required roster minimum of 13 players. Utah had until Thursday to sign a replacement for Ronnie Brewer, who was traded to Memphis for a future first-round draft pick two weeks ago. Jeffers will be the fifth D-League player signed by the Jazz, following Sundiata Gaines, Rusty LaRue, Mikki Moore and Louis Amundson. Coincidentally, Jeffers began this basketball season playing in Italy with the same team NGC Cantu squad that Gaines played for last year. Jeffers will not meet up with the Jazz in Phoenix, where Utah faces the Suns on Thursday night. He is expected to sign his contract in Salt Lake City on Thursday and will join the Jazz when they return Friday. He will wear jersey No. 6. The 24-year-old Jeffers is averaging 14.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists with Iowa this season. Jeffers is shooting 51 percent from the field and 30 percent from 3-point territory. He averaged 21.0 points and 9.0 rebounds and was a D-League All-Star last season.

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The NBA has announced that Jazz forward Carlos Boozer was named the Western Conference Player of the Month for the games he played during February. Boozer topped the Western Conference in rebounds (13.0 rpg) and added 21.2 points on .604 shooting from the field, leading Utah to a 10-3 record. Boozer, who ranks fourth in the league in double-doubles (38), recorded nine in 11 games (all starts) played in February. On February 21, Boozer scored 22 points and added a season-high 23 rebounds in a 93-89 win at Portland. He also hit a game-tying buzzer-beater in that game to force overtime and complete the Jazz’s 25-point second-half comeback. Boozer is one of five NBA players averaging at least 19 points and 10 rebounds. This is the second time Boozer has been named the NBA’s Player of the Month in his career and the 10th time overall a Jazz player has been selected. In 52 games (all starts), Boozer is averaging 19.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game. The Alaskan native is one of only four players in the league averaging at least 10 points, 10 rebounds and 3.3 assists (a career-high) per game.

Some stats for Boozer this month:
Feb. 9 @ L.A. Clippers: Recorded 34 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and four steals in a 109-99 win over the Clippers.
Feb. 16 @ Houston: Posted 12 points, eight rebounds and four assists in a 104-95 win over the Rockets.
Feb. 17 @ New Orleans: Scored 16 points to go along with 15 rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 98-90 win over the Hornets.
Feb. 19 @ Golden State: Totaled 30 points, 16 rebounds, three assists and two steals in a 100-89 win over the Warriors.
Feb. 21 @ Portland: Recorded 22 points, 23 rebounds and five assists in a 93-89 overtime win over the Trail Blazers.
Feb. 24 vs. Charlotte: Posted 33 points, 16 rebounds, two assists and two steals in a 102-93 win over the Bobcats.

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