THE BOUNCING BALL
dusts lifts
as a basket ball bounces out of court
spinning into a chasm, rotating through air
spyraling, whirling up
above trees and over skylines
twirling faster... further
past oceans, penetrating clouds
pushing beyond and far away
never ending... never stopping
drifting...floating
first a dot....then a speck
going higher and higher ...now out of sight