Charging down the empty court
Ball in hand, no one around
Striding forward
Feeling the air against his pink face
So close
Just one dribble
One dribble more
One dribble
One dribble
Too hard
Bounces
Too high
And wanders away
Off into out-of-bounds land
And the crowd,
As one,
Groans louder than a roaring lion
As the ball rolls farther away
From the wide open floor