Dribbling into the
lane and floating that
skyhook of his…
While the Chief jumps
as high as he can to defend.
Parrish lures Kareem out of the paint
with his eighteen-foot jumper.
Nothing but net…
Theirs was the unheralded
rivalry of the 1980’s…
While Brent Musburger
was drooling over Bird,
McHale, Magic, Worthy…
The Celtics/Lakers annual
basketball war.
Jabber and Parrish were
conducting physical, private
battles down in the paint.
Jockeying for position to do
the dirty work—rebound, picks,
defend against each other’s
seven-foot frames.
The faint of heart had
no business being between
these two behemoths.
The stakes were high for
both-- on a professional and
personal level.
Winning championships is
the measure of greatness in
their chosen profession…
Very few get one opportunity
to win the ultimate prize
in any line of work.
So, as Lebron, Chris Paul,
Stephen Curry and the rest
Of the 2010-2020 decade
continue to bomb away from the
three-point line…
Find an old VCR tape boys,
see how the game was played
when bodies were spewed on the court…
A black eye was a combat medal…
And how every spring in the 80’s—
Chief and Kareem took their game
to hoops immortality…
lane and floating that
skyhook of his…
While the Chief jumps
as high as he can to defend.
Parrish lures Kareem out of the paint
with his eighteen-foot jumper.
Nothing but net…
Theirs was the unheralded
rivalry of the 1980’s…
While Brent Musburger
was drooling over Bird,
McHale, Magic, Worthy…
The Celtics/Lakers annual
basketball war.
Jabber and Parrish were
conducting physical, private
battles down in the paint.
Jockeying for position to do
the dirty work—rebound, picks,
defend against each other’s
seven-foot frames.
The faint of heart had
no business being between
these two behemoths.
The stakes were high for
both-- on a professional and
personal level.
Winning championships is
the measure of greatness in
their chosen profession…
Very few get one opportunity
to win the ultimate prize
in any line of work.
So, as Lebron, Chris Paul,
Stephen Curry and the rest
Of the 2010-2020 decade
continue to bomb away from the
three-point line…
Find an old VCR tape boys,
see how the game was played
when bodies were spewed on the court…
A black eye was a combat medal…
And how every spring in the 80’s—
Chief and Kareem took their game
to hoops immortality…
Dan Provost's poetry has been published throughout the small press for many years. He is the author of nine books and lives in Berlin, New Hampshire with his wife, Laura--and their Bichon Frisce...Bella.
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