LB Sedlacek __________________________________ Swimmer for Hire I saw a woman I used to know and when I knew her we were kids on the swim team. We used to put Jell-O mix on lemons and limes or sometimes if we didn’t have Jell-O mix we’d use sugar . . . in-between races at swim meets. It was for extra energy. We used to carry the Jell-O mix, the sugar in empty Cool Whip containers. This was before energy drinks and bars and huge jolts of caffeine in tiny aluminum cans. This was before underwater radios or MP3 players and underwater cameras. We rode our bikes to the pool or to the movies parking them on the bike racks outside. Those bike racks are gone. The movie theatre condemned. The swim team disbanded. I saw a woman I used to know. I didn’t tell her that I don’t swim anymore.
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