The Cutting Edge

THE CUTTING EDGE* salt and salt assault their wrists can’t resist the attack, the zip their skates sizzle on the salty ice sniffervescent** cold and fresh unresistant chained back to back in escapades hearts a-beating threatening to give them away so they turn a-way and away ‘til an I love you is dropped onto the ice like a lady’s lacy handkerchief the olympians trace a myriad of hearts on the transparent rink the rush of applause the comeuppance of audience*** — loves pink-glazed cheeks 4/30/2021 *The Cutting Edge - 1992 Movie tribute **Sniffervescent - The effervescence of sniffing the ice, the enjoyment of being on the ice ***comeuppance - I’ve used here as a reversal of its original meaning - the crowd comes to its feet, instead of penalty, a reward.