oundaries of a society that measures value in terms of ‘usefulness,’ was something my dad never directly eluded to, but always struggled towards. And once I’d memorized the words of those shit-kickin’, drinking songs and sad, old ballads of the everyday, he and I would talk frequently about them and the endless blurry-happ

wed their school pride at high school and Rutgers games, and displayed their spirit during the Mets run to the World Series, at Giants and Jets games, and at several other sports arenas in 2015.