Enabled br br for Charles Delaine Bradsher, Sr. br br 1. br br He’s smaller now. He never was that tall, br too short for top-shelf pots, or basketball, br though at the Y—at lunchtime—there he was, br launching a shot amid the bigs, because br a man with limitations either ends br disabled dreams or, grasping hold, ascends. br br 2. br br He’s taller now. Two strokes (and age) combined br to wilt an arm, a leg, but not his mind, br fighting the loss of an ischemic crash br to rise above the dross and ember-ash, br helping the doubters see and understand br a man with Phoenix-feathers in his hand.