A Mother’s Love of the Game

Basketball

Sylvia Wohlfarth
Published in
1 min readApr 25, 2024

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A group of boys playing basketball in a hall. They’re all looking up to see if the ball thrown goes through the basket.
Image by Vlad Vasnetsov from Pixabay

Thud, the muffled rhythm of the ball
resounds through the hall, through the wall.
Squeak, sneakers sliding, screech.
Drip, drop, perspiration, and concentration,
pour down faces, down arms and legs
onto the court, a tangy odour through the door.

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Sylvia Wohlfarth
Blue Insights

An Irish-Nigerian soul living in Ireland after 40 years in Germany. A social anthropologist, English teacher, and more. With stories to share; and an opinion…