' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' An Apology To An Ancient One

Almost too young to remember...anything I remember an old old man bursting into our game like a bronze figure on a clock striking the hour & then creaking back “I wanna play...I wanna play! ” he’d say dribbling the ball up field going hysterical when he scored. I looked upon this ancient intrusion with all the disgust of my young youth my youth blazing like a fire in the hot sun of childhood. I laugh now at this ancient one once seen through all too innocent eyes realising he was only as old as I am now!