[lit-ideas] Re: Sunday Poem (rather important missing word restored)
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 12:57:07 -0700
On May 20, 2007, at 12:39 PM, David Ritchie wrote:
Our tennis magazine which, like others, comes through the mail and on
shiny paper, considers all that was vital to winning love in the age
of chivalry: muscles, sweat, youth, champions, heroes, cash. Grips
that you might think would be at issue, or the swift motions of feet,
or reviews of strokes--the slashing forehand, the curling lob, the
killer backhand--these are indeed illustrated, like moves in a sword
book. The modern difference is that pictures also feature see-through
shirts and naked chests, warrior abs and nipples, glimpses of bits and
bobs of erogenous zones which, however carefully targeted or deployed,
must be thought auxiliary to the central thrust.
Justine Henin, pictured with her estranged husband, looking pretty
grim and stiff, shows the famed furious glare that sank a thousand
hopes. Shuzo Matsuoka, now married with three children and living in
Tokyo, at the 1995 Open with eyes closed in agony, is remembered lying
on the hot court, a thoroughly grounded idol. He is ambivalent
regarding the rule change his world-famous cramps brought about. "I'm
not sure it is right," says the 39-year-old. Today's players, he
laments, may fake writhing and fall dishonorably upon whichever
inconvenient point they choose. "After they're treated, they move 100
percent. That can completely change the match."
David Ritchie,
Portland, Oregon
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