I’ve found my highest joy,
And my deepest despairs
Portrayed in the Olympics,
Again. Getting too old for this..

~Oh, man, here comes Gabby!
Again! Uneven bars! Yeah, been
On them a few times, in my life.~

&Argh! I hate when I let life into my
Olympic experience!&

I’m watching athletes hopes crushed
Into a tangled mess, despairing of
Victory, tumbling into Olympic strictures,
Oh, wait, Olympians don’t have restrictions,

But I digress.

~ Gabby will be up, soon, so
Time to think on the length of life,
In different conflagrations. Soon
Gabby flies…~

&Jeez! I’m just the same as I used to be,
Nothing has changed!&

I ache to be the mother,
Who gave up everything, or not,
To a way of thinking, to raise a child,
Not just an athlete, into a Being.

~Yao Jnnong just super
Scored, so young, so sweet,
Athletic muscle-flow! Damnation,
I’m getting old!~

&And even if reform could re-form
Another’s life, the other
Wouldn’t answer..&

I guess I’m getting maudlin,
Like a lot of us do, during the
Olympics. Where have the years
Gone? I don’t remember..

~Holy crap! The uneven bars
Are more gorgeous than I thought!
And here comes Gabby!.. Gotta watch!
Damn! Two more to go, hope I last!~

&Just generally disgruntled, yet,
Happy, in a way…&

I mean, 13 Olympics have gone
Before me! Mostly me watching,
Sometimes not, due to current
Mental circumstances. That’s okay,
I believe.

~ Ah, beautiful Koko! What a sweetie!
Now here is Gabby, back when she’s done..
Oh… Gasp! My emotions include human
Collapse! The Other has won! Omg..~

&I miss Dick Button, and old coverage
Of , The Olympics, just because.&

Erin Elizabeth Kelly-Moen
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