(lololol, classic sumo gifage)
sumo (it appears
at times) is engineered to
produce grand drama
some of Kisenosato’s
wins appear questionable
sports entertainment
principles applied perhaps,
but not acknowledged
to achieve desired results
requires complicit parties
not everyone,
necessarily, but key
participants yes
who better than an elder
old school Japanese native?
thus, mathematics
allows for Aoiyama
still has yusho shot
somehow, on penultimate
day, he has Takekaze
he’s makuuchi’s
elder rikishi, yet not
near top of standings
as mid-ranked maegashira,
Aoiyama draws “equals”
yet as his record
in this basho got better,
where’s the ozeki?
he is allowed to appear
dominant to keep the math
Aoiyama bowls
Takekaze backwards fast,
little battle had
Takekaze’s aging face
flattened further with palm thrusts
sumo’s high drama
has all the fixings with one
day left to decide
Takekaze continues
as sumo’s elder statesman
politics appears
anywhere money’s involved,
anywhere on Earth
thus Aoiyama’s challenge
been well-crafted, discreetly
(full match, courtesy of Jason's sumo channel)
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