Poetry: "Angle Ma Bizniz"

The system, its evident
Deprived them of eloquence
A quartet born in tropical climes
With the Cold War
Long since thawed they stepped
into an arena tainted
by boycott and dope plot
their spikes left an impression

on that Moscow track
No handicap too great
no one could detract
from their sterling exploits
So post-race fluency
Be damned
A far greater statement had already
been made
Fro when all
is done and said
The Luzhniki faithful
Used to names like Vasily, Alexy, Pyotr and Boris
were chanting:   Javere
                         Omar
                         Edino

and Javaughn instead