Guitar Center

Two black boys in sport goggles
and highlighter green gym shorts
play the display piano and talk
about a third, unknown boy’s game—
tight handle and mean crossover,
his shot is melted butter over filet
mignon; his finishing needs work
but he is young and growing. No top
can be placed over his boiling bowl
of sauce. All smelly, garlicky sauce.
So much sauce.

Jalen Eutsey is a poet, book reviewer, and sportswriter from Miami, Florida. He earned a BA in English from the University of Miami and an MFA in poetry from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. His work has been published in Into the Void, Northern Virginia Review, Florida Review Online, Cellpoems, and others. He lives in Baltimore.