Center of the Universe

Terry Coffey

Once

when I was

a child

I thought

the center of the universe

was a round orange ball

suspended

forever

above

the

rim

held by

the eyes

and

the breath

of the world

so close to perfection

but so far away

(Previously published in Indiana Basketball History Magazine, Winter 2006)

 

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