Long Live the King (In Battle)

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*dedicated to Lebron James

-------------------/Long Live The King (In Battle)

Lebron, when you lace up your shoes
before each game
Im sure no one tells you that at tip off
the hardwood becomes Philistia. That the dimmed
lighting giving way to candescent celebratory montages 
on the Jumbotron are part and parcel to a coronation procession.
That the (palpable) collective climactic anxiety from
throngs in attendance punctuated by bursts of laudation
at hearing your name, like enthused cheering from future subjects
in ragged clothing, behind them sheep bleating in disbelief,
that a boy shepherd matures into royalty before their very eyes
that a boy from Ohio matures in transcendence...
Their good will is olive oil from a horn raised
high above your head
and poured as an anointing,  Coach Spoelstra as Samuel
chanting silent prayers for you and a curse
on all your fears as Saul. 
And for 82 games you go to war (filled with the spirit of God)
and to war, again and again, the man Chosen from among
the fans, to wear the crown and protect Miami
as a divine inheritance from the NBA. 
The San Antonio Spurs armed with
Spears that weigh three hundred shekels of brass
the Indiana Pacers, whose staff of spears are like a weaver's beam,
the Oklahoma City Thunder buffered by a 6’10 lean giant
with six fingers and on every foot six toes four and twenty in number,
and the Brooklyn Nets are the four brothers of Goliath:
kin to Giant fears and insecurities you have
already overcome with a sling and two* smooth stones
of Finals MVPs.  So although at times you may wax faint
and Tim Duncan draw blood thinking you are slain,
now is the time to harken back to your childhood -in Akron
you slew bears of poverty and violence, tearing adversities apart
with your bare hands roaring as lions.  Strategizing this summer
let your teammates succor you as Abishai
(D-Wade and Chris Bosh)
remembering that, truly, Israel has only one King
and one land to dwell in….and that you were chosen especially
to damn the Philistines.

(And avenge all losses.)


[ALL HAIL KING LEBRON!!!! COME ON LEBRON LETS REGROUP AND COME BACK AND KICK SOME SPUR BEHIND NEXT SEASON!!!! LETS GO MIAMI HEAT!!! LETS GO BIG THREE!!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!!]

-------------------------------2 Samuel 21:15-22
Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.