Poem: About swimming

February 23, 2023

counting each lap
mathematical strokes
fifty metre groan

PS Cottier

I’m just getting back into swimming. Unfortunately I don’t have a man with a rope to drag me along. I swim very slowly during the public access hours at the Australian Institute of Sport. Once, some years ago, some people filmed me swimming, probably thinking I was a proper swimmer from the Australian team. If I was, Australia would only win participation medals at the Olympics.

Thoughts? Carrots? Sticks? Comments? Go ahead!