Disc Golf

Off the platform
      concrete and gravel
Wind in my face
      the sun beats down
Into my eyes
      my arm outstretches
Releases
      the disc
Into the mocking wind
      changing the expected
Course
      Lauging at my frustrations
As it musses my hair
      into my eyes
Brushing back my blonde strands
      the other hand shading back
The sun
      waiting for the disc to land
On the dry, bristled summer grass
      and the surrounding trees
Clap their branches
      in the applause for the efforts...
Pick up the remaining discs
      from the dirty ground
Mud digs into my fingernails
      my sun-beaten body
Trudges toward the
      disc
The sweat from my
      brow begins to
Drip down the bridge of
      my nose
I wipe it away
      sweat and mud mix
Streaked on my face
      No cares
      No worries
Just wanna throw
      that damn disc
Again.



tamara shah
June 5, 2005
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