My shoes press up

against a navy asphalt sky

Kicking up dust clouds

that rain dirt and gravel

Bouncing a rubber ball

against the hills in the ground.

A rhythmic thumping

speeds my heart

Tectonic plates

split under my heels

the sun explodes

Shower the earth

with meteorites of dust

Scratch my fingers

up against the rubber

Imprinting craters

in the moon

Stars supernova

on the chalked out surface

I play in the galaxy of the court.