3 basketball poemsLucas Restivo
Breaking: Deuce Tatum Attacks Defensive Player Of The Year
or
Is It True You Love Like Diving On A Loose Ball?
The reporter opens the press conference
by asking
Did you feel it?
Marcus Smart smirks, says
He’s always trying
to attack me.
The room laughs.
We have a love/hate relationship.
I laugh.
Is it true love
is like that?
Sometimes when I'm alone
I hold a press conference
for myself.
I ask the hard hitting questions
that come before words.
And sometimes
the room laughs too
GREATNESS IS A FREAK
I’ve been thinking lately
(first mistake)
in evolutionary terms
about everything.
I've come to the conclusion
that we’re a little
fucked up.
I stopped shampooing
because cavemen.
I started eating meat again
because it feels
incredible.
Apparently Lebron James
spends a million bucks a year
on his body alone.
One day you’ll be amazed
what I accomplished
with so little
Lay Up
This shit is easy
Just pick a word
then another
until you want to stop
The illusion is
of course
the stopping