Sports Through Poetry
Who knew that a passionate love for athletics could be expressed in more ways than actually performing in the sport! This is a moving, and pretty funny, poem by an R. Stone from Burley, Idaho, entitled,
“Saturday Morning”:
Here at the start
The water’s too cold
The outhouse line long
I am too old
The wind’s coming up
My goggle strap breaks
The crowd surges forward
The start of the race
I’m lost in the water
Run over again
Passed by a raft
I never could swim
Finally to shore
I stub my big toe
Where is my bike?
Nobody knows
My wetsuit is stuck
My rear tire flat
My clean white towel
Sprayed by a cat.
Off on the road
Facing 20 knots and gusts
Well back in the pack
I’ve got to be nuts
As I get to the turn
The wind’s dying down
Soon I learn
It just turned around.
Parts start to hurt
My hands going numb
Back at the start
It’s now time to run
Where are my legs?
I’ve left them somewhere
I look down to check them
To see if they’re there.
As I leave the start
The leaders come in
Their race is over
They’ve come for the win
Mine is just starting
Miles to go
I’d run like the wind
But I am too slow
Passed on my left
Passed on my right
Sprayed by a hose
I’ll finish by night
Just passed by Zeke
Caught in the run
Come back–Zeke
You said it’s for fun
I would keep up
If stronger than I am
If I were a lion
I’m running fast as I can
There are pains over pains
Aches over aches
My throat keeps burning
There’s salt on my face
The finish is near
My race about done
I’ve finished another
I do this for fun
When I leave this life
Maybe I’ll rest
Then if I come back
I’ll be the best
But as my luck would have it
As the Pearly Gates open so slow
St. Pete will step forward
And, suddenly, say – - “GO!”
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