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Bustin' It Nightly

May 18, 2014
By basmith BRONZE, Cisco, Illinois
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My boys be bouncin’ brown spheres
off the backboard, bustin’ it nightly.
My boys be sittin’ by the courtyard
like sun on the sidewalk.
My boys be true till’ it’s done and due.




We ballin’.

© Ali C., Hyannisport, MA

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Just playing basketball in the summer with my friends. Nothing more, nothing less.
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