Sport 33: Spring 2005
The Steeple Chase
The Steeple Chase
Get off my back
daughter
this is not dancing
you have sharpened your spurs.
Get off my back
you are giving me
the fingers
behind my head.
Get off my back
you have me pinned
against the ropes
the ref is on his tea break.
Get off my back
I am not carrying you
to my grave.
Get off my back
from up there you are
taller than me.
I will not race you
to the finish line
race you to freedom
I will not count down.
I am not your competitor
daughter
you signed me up
without my permission.
I am not your
leap frog.