Every spring, it is the same
Sweet sixteen, brackets,
Commercial consideration, colleges
Humans parade as stuffed animals
Cheerleaders twirl
Jump shots, whistles shriek, pass in play
Players’ shoes squeak like mouse sirens
Balls hit the floor repeated
Muted drums pounding victorious
Every spring it’s the same
Colleges, commercials, the bracket racket
Silly mascot costumes, sultry cheerleaders
Squeal of those infernal shoes
Bounce, bounce, bounce of textured ball
Every spring, the same
Brackets set
Ball boings relentlessly, pistoning
Up and down
Tapping like a skeletal tree on glass
Ticking as a clock
Stupid, screaming shoes
Every single spring!
Tap, tap, tap
Boing, boing, boing
Bounce, bounce, bounce
Squeal, squeak, screech
Run, run, run!
Is…is it… spring?
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