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The Ball, the Rim and Him

The Ball, the Rim and Him


By : Al Letson Joy Wonder Imagination

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The Ball, the Rim and Him

The Ball, the Rim and Him

The Ball, the Rim and Him

The ball, The rim, and him Shh! Do you hear that? Thatball.bouncing on asphalt. ringing in the emptiness. Of a small court. Somewhere. near hear. One boy. one ball. one dream. one hoop. Shh! Listen. Slowly stepping up to foul line. Eyeing metal rim whose orange paint had chipped or faded years ago. Eyeing hoop then ball then ball then hoop. Then aim, extend, small jump, release. And the ball flows through the air defying gravity nearing the rim annnnnd he scores! Take it from the top key, around his back, through his legs, without a glance, behind his back, pass to his man on the side. His man run down the court, takes the ball to the left, takes the ball to the right, sees him out of the corner of his eyes then pass. Touching the ball like an ancient relic of Africa. He hears voices of legends before him speaking his name saying: Join us! Join us in the sky! Like superman does! Like a plane does! One-step, two-step, Up-up, double bump. Slam. Hanging on the rim. Looking down on mere mortals. Here the rims orange is shiny and new. Here were fallen street-ballers. Hiding the drugs they sold or used. Higher than high school As or Fs. Here were Jordan, King James, Shaq, and Kid. Here the complexities of life were all made simple. Here its all about the ball, the rim, and him. And then, and then, and then. And then, with a little bit of reluctance he lets go of this small circular piece of Olympia. He lets go. And falls back to us. The un-understanding masses. Who have never heard of the goat, or the boogeyman except for sports-illustrated or watched on HBO. So we dont know. We dont know what it feels like to fly with the Gods then walk the streets with Demons. But weather hes crossing over robbers on the ground or killing naysayers in the air. None of that matters. None of that! Just the ball, the rim, and him. Shhh! Do you hear that? Ball..bouncing on asphaltringing in the emptiness.of a small courtsomewherenear here. One boy. one ball. one dream. one hoop. Shhh! Listen as an artist learns his trade.

The Ball, the Rim and Him

The Ball, the Rim and Him

Other work by Al Letson Available on Booksie.com

The Ball, the Rim and Him

Other work by Al Letson Available on Booksie.com


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