(Hakuho is like "what up, b?")
my sumo poem
method is to let basho
build to climax
I try to save the stars for
later in basho - build-up
this means working through
the lower ranks early on,
then up final week
one poem per basho per
rikishi - my only rule
but let’s be real here -
one cannot overlook day
four Hakuho bout
there are four yokozuna,
but only one Hakuho
Kakuryu has
already gone fusen, and
two others might still
Kisenosato’s torn pec
is obvious many days
Harumafuji
is not his usual mad
dominant Mongol
but Hakuho remains next
level - beyond most men’s reach
Takakeisho
is top maegashira - young
rising sumo star
only four bashos into
makuuchi, poised to star
a decade less years
of sumo wear and tear to
attack Hakuho
and yet the youngster’s no match
for the aged yokozuna
Hakuho play slaps
and literally stands up,
begging for more fight
Hakuho lacks real challenge
as sumo’s greatest ever
by Nagoya’s end
Hakuho may set record
for most career wins
already Hakuho’s won
more championships than all
but the young rising
rikishi should challenge him…
right? at least a bit?
day four Nagoya - nothing
a young sumo got toyed with
Hakuho standing
there, begging for a challenge -
this was derided
Hakuho has been begging
for a challenge for years though
Kisenosato’s
broken, but they won’t give him
chance to get healthy
parading the Japanese
yokozuna for sponsors
Hakuho rests on
another level, beyond
the reach of others
he wrestles not against men
but history at this point
century from now,
yokozuna will hope to
equal Hakuho
they will be lucky to find
their name listed as second
(bonus gif for Russ)
