Buckley, John F.

Ott, Martin

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Volume 34Issue 1 Summer Article 168-15-2018Green Arrow vs. HawkeyeJohn F. BuckleyMartin OttAbstractIt was during the twentieth annual SecretFollow this and additional works at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westviewPart of the Fiction Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Photography Commons, and the PoetryCommonsThis Poetry is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals atSWOSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Westviewby an authorized administrator of SWOSU Digital Commons. For moreinformation, please contact phillip.fitzsimmons@swosu.edu.Recommended CitationBuckley, John F. and Ott, Martin (2018) "Green Arrow vs. Hawkeye," Westview: Vol. 34 : Iss. 1 , Article 16.Available at: https://dc.swosu.edu/westview/vol34/iss1/1661WestvieW60Green Arrow vs. Hawkeye It was during the twentieth annual SecretCrisis of the Infinity Hour, after Emerald Ocular exitedthe issue, entered the metaquantum splitter,devolved back into Clint and Ollie, hit hot showers,then hit the bar at the Inn Beyond Eternity, that it beganwith a thumb war. Green Arrow used his fingernailsfrom snorting military-grade speed to time shifthis middle finger into the palm of Hawkeye, who grippedand ripped on the blond beard, kid gloves now off.DC’s finest bowman bent with both force and finesse a pool cue over his opposite number’s noggin, splinters stuck in his scalp like wooden cowlicks.Marvel’s arrow slinger was used to using everythingas a weapon, including his rage. He kicked the eight ballinto the light above, casting them both into darkness.But Oliver Queen was used to night hunts fromsurviving months on that desert isle. With a rubber bandand a stray golf pencil, he punctured an eardrum.by John F. Buckley & Martin Ott61volume 34, number 160Clint Barton was used to relying on all his senses,circus kid learning to trust the touch of bow and sword,the curves of spies, the wife who was a songbirdand killer like Oliver’s own. As clearly as hesmelled the blood streaming down the side of his head,he sensed the spunky tights and beer breath,the purple of his outfit a bruise surrounding him.He danced with the man gripping his own quick handsto the music of glasses tumbling, rogues cacklingabout compound heartstrings and fancy footwork,the dizzy syncopation of their pain-soaked rumba, dual archers stamping at insteps, aiming for arches.The crisis of worlds became the union of soldiersaccustomedto firing and aiming simultaneously tosurvive,draw and hold, breath and stance, target and desire.Green Arrow vs. HawkeyeBuckley & Ott

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