Bevel Knife

I first learned of this word watching an episode of Bones in which the victim was killed by this instrument being stabbed into his throat breaking through his spine and poking out the back of his neck. This is a knife to clean bowling balls. It has three sides. In my research a picture from The Big Lebowski in which Jesus and his team mate were cleaning their balls in these sacks. Jesus was too pretty for his own good, his shiny purple pinky nail flashing in the light. Grown to the perfect length for scooping up lumps of cocaine. There are three holes in a bowling ball, for your thumb and your first two fingers.  Though it is played at a relaxed rate, it is a sport that causes light sweat. Over time the dirt and moisture from the sweaty fingers that are constantly thrusting through the holes along with the dirt and dust that gets picked up while the ball rolls down the lane, comes in to contact with the pins, drops into the darkness where it is shipped into the bowler’s gloved hand. A bevel can scrape of the edges where the filth is gathered inside the hole; its flat edges graze against the hard plastic marble, eviscerating the gut of the ball.

Sometimes things just get too full. Like when you eat a big lunch and you feel as though you’re going to explode. Sometimes it is as simple as popping a squat, smoking a boge, belching generally works. Other times you get dizzy and puke on the bus, all over your brand new black pea coat. Then all you can do is feel bad for the poor lady sitting next to you. She can’t move out of the way and is forced to inhale the stench you made because the bus is overflowing with customers. When the bus arrives at Shaw’s you don’t pull the cord to get off but make eye contact with the bus driver in the rearview mirror mutually agreeing that you must leave. In the Shaw’s bathroom you shed your coat and wash the sleeve off in the sink.

Relief is when congestion is released and the pipes are flowing fluidly again. This happens after a cold when your nose has been blocked up for a week and your lungs are full of mucus. One day you realize that you can breathe silently, without wheezing. It happens when your bowling ball is gutted with a bevel knife. When a boy who tries to intimidate his boss out of the habit of beating his wife is gutted with a bevel knife. A wife beater goes to jail for murder and the boy suffering from Leukemia and an excessive obsession of saving the day dies painlessly.