PETER FUGAZZOTTO

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Post Sumo Blues

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This happens four times per year.

I am late to watching the quarterly sumo tournament. It always creeps up on me.

Then I am days behind, and I will mini-binge watch it, but never quite catching up to the current day.

Because I want it to extend into the future. To go on forever with the upsets and the excitement and the nail-biting matches.

But then suddenly it is done, and I ration out the remaining days. Inevitably the drama pushes me forward to the last day.

And then a champion wins, hoists that trophy, and the YouTube channel is quiet.

The fifteen day drama is done. No more questions about upsets or streaks or unimaginable throws.

All I am left with is waiting for the next several months to pass, and the upcoming basho to start, and for me to get started late again.

Yes, I am an unrepentant sumo fan.

About the Author

Peter Fugazzotto is a fantasy and science fiction author who fights to protect the earth by day and battles his ego with armbars and slashing sticks by night. He lives in Northern California with his wife, daughter, bird and dog. His short stories have been published in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly and Grimdark … READ MORE

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