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Good freestyle here, Bill. Inspired by Rio or the local pool? Andrew On 21 September 2016 at 08:56, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Throw everyone in the pool. They adopt > a stroke almost immediately. Most > freestyle it, face down, propelling from prone, > alternate overarming, scissor kicking, > Australian crawling, ice smooth repeaters: > nose, nipple, knackers, knee; leaning sideways > to draw unhurried breaths as they barrel > ahead, barely creating a ripple. > More casually, backstrokers reverse > themselves, lean back from supine positions, > thrusting faces, stomachs, genitals skywards, > expecting no impediments, like so > many half-animated, drifting logs. > Double-arming butterfliers launch themselves > from underwater, splay-grasping air then > fresh wet territory, bound-leggedly > threshing, projecting their exuberance. > Now there's us lot. Tentative foragers, > parting water in front of our noses, > groping forward, too soon sweeping backwards > to hips, legs frog-kicking, heads under dipped, > emerging, for a snatched breath, bent-backed, > and a fresh go at it. Maybe this time ... > > bw > -- Andrew http://hispirits.blogspot.com/ Books available through Walleah Press http://walleahpress.com.au