BRNO’S BEST #4
Novotny
roll call. who is home
Polá?ek
home. the twins met me at the door wearing the medal. both of them. it is one medal
Novotny
how
Polá?ek
they take turns every ten minutes. there is a schedule. my wife made the schedule. I have been home two hours and I have already cried at a laminated document
Horak
home. my mother framed the crying picture. it is in the HALLWAY. guests will see it
?íma
the hallway is a gallery now, kid. hang the medal next to it and the wall wins the group stage of every dinner party for a decade
Mare?
not home. HOME home. I woke up under my own ceiling. there is a shelf in my kitchen with a label on it. Tobík labels things now. the shelf says TOMá? SUPPLY LINE
Hájek
the first crate ships monday. defrost instructions are enclosed. nobody boils them. it will be in the documentation
Mare?
one time. I boiled them one time and I was twenty
Hájek
I was four meters away. some things stay witnessed
Novotny
OFFICIAL. reunion goulash. october twelfth. my mother’s recipe. my mother is already counting heads. attendance mandatory
Polá?ek
you cannot mandate goulash
Novotny
the goulash is a concept. concepts don’t need agreement
Ková?
home. the eggs at my mother’s table are correct. the committee can stand down
?íma
the committee never stands down. it relocates
minutes, offseason edition
item one. twenty-three men left a World Cup with a medal and a group chat. both are permanent
item two. Brno reports steak at the grandmother’s table on sunday. the nation’s protein supply is secure
item three. September. qualifiers. we reassemble in Czechia and the record resumes at full staffing
until then the chat remains what it has always been. open. minutes concluded. eat like your mothers are watching, because somewhere they are
Hájek
training packets go out friday. do the mobility work. the couch is not a base camp, Novotny
Novotny
I have been home NINE HOURS