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Usain Bolt By Niyi Osundare

September 21, 2016

Flint and flair

thunderous footfalls

the golden dust

 

     And the eloquent legend of those legs

 

 

Their long and rapid laughter

the ebony sinews

in the saga of their sun

 

Reggae-rhumba-ed

star-apple-sweet

majestic like the Blue Mountains

 

 

Soul in speed

solace in strength

the splash, then the swagger

 

 

Thunder which comes before the bolt

yours, indeed,

are long-memoried legs

 

 

    -Niyi Osundare

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