I Used to Sleep Hugging a Basketball

We moved to a neighbourhood called Hayden’s Run. There was a kid on my street whose dad was a doctor — or a lawyer, I dunno. He drove a car that was expensive and black. His dad bought him ‘rare’ Pokémon cards off eBay. One afternoon me and the kid were playing basketball. I had a lot of basketball cards but I wanted to get into Pokémon. I told him I’d trade him two Allen Iverson rookie cards for a Charizard. His dad was staring at us through the window and he motioned for his son to come inside. I waited for him to come back but he didn’t. I played in their driveway by myself for an hour. Sometimes I pegged the ball at the backboard to see if I could break it but I couldn’t break it. They had an expensive backboard.