Goodbye Oval
Goodbye, John Rose Oval
The season was fun
And now let me list
My goodbyes one-by-one
Goodbye winter weather
Bye ice, rain and snow
Goodbye rare calm days
Goodbye winds that blow
Goodbye frozen toes
That pain us a lot
Goodbye frosted lashes
Goodbye dripping snot
Goodbye Gore-tex jackets
Goodbye dorky glasses
Goodbye Nike Swiftskins
Stretched over our...glutes
Goodbye boots and blades
Goodbye sharpening stones
Goodbye painted lane lines
Goodbye starting cones
Goodbye weeknight workouts
With laps slow and fast
Goodbye Masters men
The draft was a blast!
Goodbye hockey players
Goodbye errant puck
(Get out of my lane!
OMG!! WTF?!)
Goodbye weekend races
Both metric and pack
(It's metric I love;
It's pack skills I lack)
Goodbye fellow racers
"Enduros" and sprinters
Goodbye wooden benches
With butt-piercing splinters
Goodbye winter beauty
By night
and by day
Goodbye John Rose Oval
The best place to play!
Any poet who can insert in WTF in their poetry is on my hero list :)
ReplyDeleteWhat can I say...sometimes, inspiration hits!
ReplyDeleteWhat a moving poem, I got a bit sniffly at the end, haha! (well, I think maybe the mental anguish over my mangled ankle had something to do with that, I desperately hope I'll be able to skate again...) I really miss that place! Hey, what does the board say in the night pic? All I can read is the "thank you"...
ReplyDeleteYeah, it is a special place, isn't it...hockey players, splinters, and all! As for the sign, it just says "thanks" to some people...I'm not sure who they were thanking, or why. What's the status on your ankle? Is skating in jeopardy? I hope it starts behaving properly!
ReplyDeleteAfter starting to get over my bad sprain, it suddenly took a turn for the worse. It feels like my outer shin bone is where my inner one should be, the square bone it sits on is slipped out, and a couple of foot bones are crossing. Yeah. And I think this complication occured when I was simply standing up out of bed...
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