WATCH ME ON THE WING
Sweeper: the deeper I can play
the faster I can lay
out my traps for their fullback
moving too close to mid field.
I shine along the sidelines
from mid field
back to our goal.
I am the quickest,
sharpest,
most intelligent,
(and
most modest,) player on
my
team:
in this league.
I have the
superspeed:
I have the need to do a little
more
than play only one position. I
defend. I score. I run lik
wind
across the corn fields of
this
town.
I am a brown tornado on a
muddy
day.
The opposition knows
I come to play with
all I bring. They
watch:
watch me on the wing.
SWEET
You are at the line. You take a deep breath.
You take a deep breath.
You know: a free throw
is really
a free throw:
no hands in your face;
no race down
the court;
no block,
no clock.
This is the place to score. This is the time to pour it in,
and beat those nasty bad guys on the other team,
once and for all.
This is the time to win this game.
You bounce the ball once, and wish for all the luck
you know you don’t need.
You shoot, and the ball
flies
and arcs and speeds down through
the hoop to meet the net.
You get your point; your score; your wish. Swish.
Sweet.
Sweeper: the deeper I can play
the faster I can lay
out my traps for their fullback
moving too close to mid field.
I shine along the sidelines
from mid field
back to our goal.
I am the quickest,
sharpest,
most intelligent,
(and
most modest,) player on
my
team:
in this league.
I have the
superspeed:
I have the need to do a little
more
than play only one position. I
defend. I score. I run lik
wind
across the corn fields of
this
town.
I am a brown tornado on a
muddy
day.
The opposition knows
I come to play with
all I bring. They
watch:
watch me on the wing.
SWEET
You are at the line. You take a deep breath.
You take a deep breath.
You know: a free throw
is really
a free throw:
no hands in your face;
no race down
the court;
no block,
no clock.
This is the place to score. This is the time to pour it in,
and beat those nasty bad guys on the other team,
once and for all.
This is the time to win this game.
You bounce the ball once, and wish for all the luck
you know you don’t need.
You shoot, and the ball
flies
and arcs and speeds down through
the hoop to meet the net.
You get your point; your score; your wish. Swish.
Sweet.