The Bruise Will Stop By Later

When Boyzzz Khumalo mishit his 37th consecutive wide-open cross so poorly it fooled the Harrisburg keeper for a goal, Khumalo was dead-walking, and I'm not surprised at this:

Boyzzz Khumalo, a South African attacker who brought speed, energy and unpredictability to D.C. United's attack but had yet to score in eight MLS appearances this season, was released today.

The immediate reason is United needs space to sign Fredsux's brother Juniorsux:

Khumalo's departure is another sign that the club plans to add Junior Carreiro, a crafty flank player who has been training with the club for several months. Carreiro, 18, is the younger brother of former DCU starter Fred, now with the Philadelphia Union.

Fellowrubes, I don't think United is failing because ownership and management want United to fail, I think United is failing because ownership and management suck because they see no alternatives than doubling down on their suck, and you can't possibly understand the intricacies and complexities of the suck, much less suck better than them:

I understand fans. They want to blame somebody, they want it to be somebody's fault, and sometimes it is. But when you are in this position, it is a little self-indulgent to just say, 'Okay, we are going to blame him and he's going to take the fall for it and then everything is going to be fine.' What we are more worried about is trying to fix things right now.

What's Obama gonna do, fire himself? He's management. What's ownership gonna do, forfeit their holdings? You don't think ownership knows how much they suck, how deeply they're fucked, how little control, much less understanding, of the unleashed clusterfuck they have, you think they're going to give up their Swiss bank accounts and private Micronesian islands that don't have extradition treaties with the U.S.?

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ANTICIPATED STRANGER,

John Ashbery

the bruise will stop by later.

For now, the pain pauses in its round,

notes the time of day, the patient’s temperature,

leaves a memo for the surrogate: What the hell

did you think you were doing? I mean . . .

Oh well, less said the better, they all say.

I’ll post this at the desk.

God will find the pattern and break it.

As promised: