final day Natsu
Basho, most things decided -
Hakuho shall win
the final two remaining
yokozuna were featured
they put on great bout,
and Hakuho secured rare
unblemished record
a new banzuke scroll shall
be written, big names at top
in those forty-two
brush-stroked as makuuchi,
big hearts get challenged
this basho - for example -
think of lame Kotoyuki
barely able to
walk after bouts twice in
the past seven days
refusing assistance down
hanamichi afterwards
fearing the juryo
drop, essentially on one
leg, he continued
and on this single stubborn
leg, Kotoyuki survived
each day, hobbling self
forward, more heart than good sense,
Kotoyuki fought
and somehow, he was able
to win as many as lost
instead of fusen
with three wins, he finished a
noble 6 and 9
will this be enough to keep
demotion demons at bay?
the new banzuke
scroll will be unfurled before
long, and we’ll find out
yet regardless where his name
appears, his heart remains large
Kotoyuki’s done
all he could to keep his name
large as possible
the past year seen as decline -
sekiwake spirals down
makekoshi four
honbasho in a row - a
true downward spiral
makekoshi rikishi
don’t get fighting spirit stars
yet there can be no
denying Kotoyuki
has felt spiral’s edge
his lame leg has touched the edge,
and he’s begun pushing back
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