Tiki-Taka-Zoom!

(For La Roja in the Euro finals)

I gasp once

The slicing starts, for

I had never seen

The cuts and seams

Of such a team.

I could only begin

Questions because

The answer’s given:

Silver streak passes,

Diamond touches,

Ruby red marks,

Golden goalie—

And the orb

In elliptic ballistics

Pearls into the bejeweled

Box.  I gasp again—

At the end—for

My senses are

Sated with gems.

7/3-8/2012

If you are a soccer fan, this poem needs no explanation.  If you are not, you might not understand the almost magical quality of the Spanish team's play:  It was astoundingly good, better than I had seen any other team play against such worthy competition.  Those Spanish players will become legends of the sport.

I have edited this poem several times.  I did it again on July 8, changing lines 12, 14, and 15.