Racket for a Ball
By Lawson F
Published 13 September 2017
Racket
It’s held high up in the sky waiting for impact, then thrusted forward like a rocket would up.
As the pop sounds, another move is actioned, this time in reverse.
The symphonic pop is heard again, this time this inanimate body is swung into the impact.
This time it is the balls turn to brace for propulsion.
Ball
As a pulse of strength washes through the soulless ball
A as the velocity drops instantaneously and climbs back up,
momentum switches all among a split second.
Then it is slowed through the air and drowned in drag.
Soon returning to the racket to repeat this process any hundred times over again.
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