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[sid] => 67099
[catid] => 1
[aid] => mick
[title] => Bouncing Ball
[time] => 2004-10-12 10:03:39
[hometext] => this is pretty much the way it went
[bodytext] => At first we had a good game going; The ball went back and forth real nice. Smooth rhythms, equal throw length, And it would come back so easy. Then the rhythm became irregular; It started landing closer to me Sometimes almost hitting me; And sometimes the ball didn’t bounce back for days; And sometimes it bounced so early it would roll back and nudge my sneakered foot. Then I popped the ball; It was a very small hole, And it was patched up immediately, So the ball still bounced. It has lost a little air and a little elasticity, But could still go on. We kept on playing; With irregular rhythms, The ball started to hit me, It came back very fast- almost knocked me down. Then I popped the ball again; This time a nice big gash, It had no air, no bounce, It has lost everything. Then after a few days I started a different game. That one went well for a while but the ball stopped coming altogether. Then that broken ball was thrown at me; It hit me many times, Knocked my glasses to the blacktop. Then I threw that broken ball away; I promised myself I would never play with it again, Never even look at it. But now the ball is back; Lying in front of me on the blacktop; It has no air, no bounce, and no hope. I need to throw it away again. I need to remember all the times it was thrown at me- not to me. And I need to go out and play new games. [comments] => 1 [counter] => 154 [topic] => 65 [informant] => DragonLuvSong [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 2 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => toughstuff )
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