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Cheering For a Perfect Score
clean white shoes
 laced perfectly
 standing nervously
 
     on top of the blue mat
 
 nighttime jumpers
 all day tumblers
 
 proving what they got
   spring against a
   blue mat held 
   together by strips of tape
 
 only one hundred eighty seconds
 20 people
 working together as
 
 
 
 one family
 striving for perfection
 
    for working for 100 percent 
 
 super flexible flyers 
 
 
 
   always hitting 
 
   crisp skills 
 
 
    never falling
 
  doubling down from all stunts
 
  spinning around
 
 
 
     bases arms wide open
 in trust we put
 trust for the solid catch 
 
  ride and twist
 
    capture release 
 
 step and go
 sharp motions 
 smiles from ear to ear
 and bursts of excitement as one
 
  
 all while on the blue floor

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