Geometry, Art--and Doc
I wrote this free verse poem on November 8, 1988.
Geometry, Art--and Doc
"It's simple, man.
First you bounce the sphere on the rectangle,
Then you arc it into the big ol' oval ring.
It's just like an equation:
shoulders squared straight+
eyes on oval+
flick+
follow= 2 points."
"No, man, it ain't no equation:
It's winner's out, the City Game, a dance where they keep score.
It's Johnny Cool and Pistol Pete and Bo Lamar and Clyde and World and Air Jordan.
It's one-on-one or two-on-two or five-on-five.
It's a glittering Pearl
And Doc operating on a grounded Bird.
It's a new net rippling 'swish!'
It's extemporaneous spontaneity,
The art of swift, strong and graceful movement."
Labels: Bo Lamar, Earl Monroe, Johnny Neumann, Julius Erving, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Pete Maravich, Walt Frazier, World B. Free
posted by David Friedman @ 3:59 PM
