learning to hold the ball and be comfortable with it

under the basket
quick get the ball up quick
get the ball up
miss

hey stephen, slow it down

sorry

get the rebound
quick get the ball up quick
get the ball up
miss

hey man, slow it down
take your time

got it.

get the rebound
hold
hold
hooooold
get the ball up
in
good.

TRANSITION

under pressure
quick get the job quick
get the job
nothing

hey stephen, slow it down

ok

get the offer
quick get the job quick
get the job

hey man, slow it down
take your time

got it.

get the offer
hold
hold
hooooold
go to the basket
in
good.

caps for emphasis

ACTIVISM, ITS NOT HAPPENING
AND NOT IM TRYING TO MAKE IT HAPPEN
IM NOT TRYING TO MOTIVATE, ENERGIZE
ITS OVER

PEOPLE HAVE PROVEN THAT NOTHING WILL CHANGE
SHIFT REARRANGE, REORGANIZE, ORGANIZE, MOBILIZE, AND THEN DISSAPOINT

DON’T GET ME WRONG I WANT TO BELIEVE IN PEOPLE
I WANT TO TAKE MY TORCH AND HUNT THE DRAGON

I WANT THE RADIO FLYER TO BE MORE THAN A WAGON

I WANT A WHOLE ARMY OF MY COUNTRYMEN TO FIGHT IN DEFIANCE OF TYRANNY

BUT ITS SEAN CONNERY, NOT JAMES BOND
ITS CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN, BUT BELIEVE FROM OUR SOFA
ITS HOMER SIMPSON INSTEAD OF HOMER
AND JENNIFER ANNISTON INSTEAD OF “WHO CARES ABOUT FUCKING JENNIFER ANNISTON”

ITS ALWAYS WORDS AND SYMBOLS AND IDEALOGIES
BUT THE ONLY CHAMPIONS I SEE ARE IN BUSINESS AND SPORTS
THE ONLY HEROES I HAVE ARE 20 YEAR OLDS TRAINED TO KILL ARABS
THE ONLY PERSON BEHIND ME IS NO ONE, NOT EVEN ME

CAUSE WHILE I DWELL ON MIKE HEROLD’S PROBLEMS
OBAMA DWELLS ON OBAMAS PROBLEMS
AND NO ONE VOTES FOR KUCINICH, NOT EVEN ME

ITS INEVTIABLE, THIS COUNTRY IS TOO BIG AND CONFIDENT FOR A REVOLUTION,
OUR BORDERS ARE TOO REAL, OUR ECONOMY IS TOO REAL, OUR RELIGION IS TOO REAL

COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING, COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING
COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING, COMPETITION IN EVERYTHING

AND WHILE WE WIN OUR SOFTBALL GAMES AND PROMOTIONS, THE WORLD PRAYS, MOTHERS CRY, AND FOR BETTER REASONS THAN WE CRY.

WE SUCK, OUR COUNTRY SUCKS. IS OUR COUNTRY GOOD? NO, IT SUCKS.

IT SUCKS BECAUSE IT’S THE LAND OF ME, THE LAND OF MY LIFE, WHO IS MY WIFE, AND WHAT IS MY SON DOING TO MAKE ME LOOK GOOD.

I WILL TELL YOU THAT CHINA IS BETTER, CHINA WON, CHINA WINS,
IN THE COMPETITION OF LOVE, PEACE, FAMILY, SIMPLICITY, AND TRADITION, CHINA PUTS US TO SHAME.

Up in Smoke?

She asked, "Mind if I smoke a cigarette?"
I said with a slightly forlorn grin, "A little.
But I've had a great time. I'm really glad we met!
Does it break Joe Camel's back that I said no?" Her: "A little."

I'm an open-minded guy. I'm ok if you're anything.
But am I ok if it's physical and not purely mental?
With smoking it's the whole 2nd-hand lung cancer thing.
With a smile it's the whole "I'm not attracted. Get dental."

But with thoughts and feelings, it's all good with me.
Had I first practiced prejudice, we'd not have had this affair.
We might even like each other. Is there a future? We'll have to see.
Plus, relationships are compromise, should smoking be one that I bear?