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I'm running 

Someone is chasing me

No, it's not like that

Because

My jersey is dripping with sweat

My hair is soaked wet

And my shoes and burning up

The ground is shiny

A red line across the center that I pass

I find a curved line and someone in front of me

I am trapped

This ball I am dribbling

It is perfect

It is mine

It is my logo

My personality

Me

I am the ball

I take it through the three men trapping me and leave them in the dust

Familiar faces call out to me

I look up to see a scoreboard

It says 43 to 8

Home

I look around

I am home

This is my court

I own this court

I have always

Owned this court

The men come behind me and I swing it around my back

Then through my legs from behind

And I spin

That is my trademark

I am at the basket

My team calls out to me again

But not to pass

Not to shoot

Not to score

Not to jump

Not to swat

Not to block

Not to steal

Not to dribble

Only to play

I blink

And I am on the sidelines 

And I look at the scoreboard

43 to 8

Away

I am home

This is my court

They took my court

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Joseph

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