A Basketball

Simple and spherical Orange rubber Yet I change so much. I am the perfect complement To the game dreamed up By Mr. Naismith years before. With my rhythmic beat on the blacktop I can bring you from nothing To the top of the world. I am a means of expression Of Mr. Carter’s spontaneous creativity And Mr. Jordan’s gravity defying talent. Who would have thought That I could bring Mr. Iverson From the ghetto to his mansion? Your kids depend on me. I’ve distracted some from school Yet I’ve kept some in. I am influential. I have diverted some from drugs But I’ve helped some get theirs. My heart is the beat on the court. I have life, And I can do anything. How can I, a rubber sphere, Be more powerful than A book? A computer? God? I am inanimate, But I change the world. Written March 3rd, 2002 © on Mar 02 2002 03:32 PM PST   0 • 10