Basketball Poetry

Essay text:

I dribble down the length of the court How much I love this bouncy sport The ball so orange, inflated so My fingers spin it, watch it go My heart is pumping beat by beat The one defending moves his feet The trap is coming, And so near It closes in; I have no fear With hands raised high they do contain My teammate cuts into a lane I pass the ball into his hands The fans are screaming in the stands The press breaks down; it's man-to-man I set the play up with my hand We swing the ball from side to side To force the defense nice and wide The picks are set on the baseline The game clock now drops down to 9 Our center steps up, sets a pick The clock now dwindles down to 6 My man is cut off, I break free I catch the bounce pass at my knee Sweat falls down into my eye My muscles burn, my tendons cry The seconds fall, I hit the air The tension's mounting everywhere We're down by one, we can't be beat The fans are standing on their feet A hand comes up to block my shot There's just one second on the clock My wrist snaps forward; rim in sight I play the last game on this night The arc is true, the net is waiting I see the ball slowly rotating I fall back down onto the wood I pray my ending shot is good Time has stopped, oh what a fight! Only one team wins tonight All our hopes ride on this wish I watch it fall and hear it go?SWISH! here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here here