Across the pool some kid shouts MARCO, another answers POLO. But the deep end beckons. You hold your breath and push off.

The feeling underwater goes below words and comes up the other side. You surface, gasping, a hunger roaring, the high dive looming

with its cannonball lessons of life.

Guy’s work has appeared in many journals including Carve, daCunha, Blue Fifth Review, and Fifty Word Stories. He lives on a houseboat with his wife and two salty cats and walks the planks daily.