Funeral Poems For Basketball Players: " Shooting Stars"
SHOOTING STARS
The ball in the coffin
Rather gave the game away
As a diehard basketball player
Determined to play on in future days
With a leap of faith, you've a spring in your step
Out on a cosmic court
Slam dunks and buzzer beaters
Welcome a friend of the galactic sport
Basketball players end their last mortal game
With their longest fadeaway
Shooting for the hoops of Saturn
In their last ever earthly play
Michael Ashby
(Acknowledgements to: "The Rugby Player's Last Try" & "A Leap Of Faith")