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7 LOW DEFINITION A goalie’s throat bisected by a skate. A pit bull accidentally shot in a drug raid. Prince Ginger whom his comrades in war name Bullet Catcher. A computer model of the blade cutting through neck muscles. Cartilage extracted by forceps, a piece of bone-sponge. Blood slick on the ice. A police dredge hauled through the riverside reed fringe. These things I saw on TV. And next: behind the urban prison’s display glass, a guard with a moustache directs a man to remove his navy work pants, his briefs. Does his face betray humiliation? The jail, too, was designed for observation. ...

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