This unique
Stranglehold on the
national
Consciousness
A collective obsession
that has crossed
Oceans
To locales where local
Sports and social
Activity were long met
with
Disdain at best
But where alumni
Have evangelized
drawing
from the glorious
Signs and wonders wrought
on track
And field
Life may begin
At 40 for the Western
powers but
On our island
Where the unique is
Commonplace
Life peaks and freezes in
the
Secondary Period
And the National Stadium
is a modern-day
Mesopotamia
Where legendary exploits
become cultural artifacts
Lovingly preserved and
Inflated for perennial
consumption
Bundled together and
sealed with
Ties
In cliché colours:
purple, blue, white, red and
Gold
Frayed perhaps but never
Severed and even now
robustly
Pulling the world toward
Our little
Rock
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