I HAD (YEARS AGO) IN HIGH SCHOOL AT FOOTBALL GAMES, GONE UNDER THE STANDS AND LOOSENED THE BOLTS HOLDING THE WOODEN BLEACHER TOPS. I WOULD THEN PUSH THE BOARD UP WITH MY HEAD WITH THREE OR FOUR HIGH HEELED LADIES LEGS RESTING ON IT. IT WAS HEAVY, EVEN JUST WITH THEIR LEGS. I WOULD SLIP MY FOUR FINGER TIPS UNDER THE BOARD AND THE STEEL FRAME OF THE BLEACHERS. I WOULD WAIT LIKE THAT FOR A FEW MINUTES ENDURING A STEADY CRUSH WITH THE LADIES BOUNCING THEIR FEET TO KEEP WARM. WHEN A TOUCHDOWN OR A GOOD RUN GOT EVERYONE EXCITED, IT DID ME TOO. USUALLY IT CAUSED EVERYONE TO STAND UP TO CHEER. WHEN THAT HAPPENED, MY FINGERS FELT LIKE THEY TURNED TO MUSH. THE WEIGHT WAS WAY MORE THAN I COULD TAKE AND I COULDN'T GET MY FINGERS OUT UNTIL THEY SAT BACK DOWN. ONE TIME A LADY SPOTTED ME BEFORE SHE SAT BACK DOWN AND SAID, WHAT ARE YOU DOING DOWN THERE? SHE WAS STANDING RIGHT OVER MY FINGERS AND AS iI LOOKEK UP AT HER, MY FINGERS HURT SO BAD I COULDN'T EVEN SAY ANYTHING. THE OTHER LADY TOO STOOD UP TO SEE WHO HER FRIEND WAS TALKING TO AND BOTH LADIES NOW WERE FLATTENING MY FINGERS. I PUT MY HEAD UNDER THE BOARD AND PUSHED UP WITH ALL MY MIGHT. IT LIFTED JUST ENOUGH TO PULL MY FINGERS OUT THAT WERE NOW FLAT. AS I DID, I TOOK OFF, SO AS NOT TO GET CAUGHT. MY FINGERS HURT MORE AND MORE AS THEY SLOWLY GOT BLOOD BACK INTO THEM. TWO OF THEM HAD SPLIT AT THE END, BUT WERE NOT BLEEDING. I GUESS THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH BLOOD IN THEM TO BLEED.

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