The 14-pound ball of solid material rolls out

of the machine smoothly and taps lightly against the other balls

and is picked up as the thumb, middle, and ring finger

slide gently through the holes

as feet are positioned on the second set of dots

all the way to the right, focusing eyes on second arrow

from the right on the lane

and then four steps are taken

in which the last results sliding to the foul line as soft and slippery as butter

while the arm is swung back at almost a semi-circle

and brought back up, the hand twists

and instantaneously thumb comes out first and the middle fingers slide

up the edge of the ball

and then the ball is quickly moving down the lane at fast rotation like a tornado

it spins into the gap that the 1 and 3 pin form at the back end of the lane

and just like that, all the pins are knocked down to what is heard to be an explosion

a strike!