One Shot
Complete silence,
the ball slowly bouncing up and
down under his trained fingers.
He squats flexing
his knees raising
the ball to his eyes his
his fingers spread and set
along the curved seam.
Then one smooth swift
motion: elbows in
arm extended
wrist snapping
fingers extended
he releases the ball
in a high arc.
It rotates
perfectly silent
passing through the hoop
as it must
then the sound of the net
swishing against the ball
and the crowd roars.
Perfection.