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A Life of Basketball

November 7, 2013
By Shihem Mcleod BRONZE, Laurinburg, North Carolina
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I’m playing basketball

I’m at the top and I never fall

trying my hardest to be the best

practicing in my sleep i never rest

I never had an off game

but its crazy how you get all this fame

for just this one sport

But I’m highflying like MJ on the court

I’m too quick and too fast

but never looking back to the past

my crossover has you looking silly

did you even play defense….. really

time is hard so I stand out

racing to my dreams like I’m running routes

© Cassie H., Carmi, IL

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