"He had two days' rest, 'cause high school raced on Friday,
Collegians were tired, for their race day was Saturday
And this challenge up the ski slope, this mountain, was Sunday.
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"'Ski fever,' a fall event, that was its name,
The runners, from all over the East Coast they came,
From bottom to top, by any ski run, was the game.
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"'A straight line is the shortest' is common knowledge,
But it slipped the minds of all those in college.
Straight up went some high-school kid, grabbing the foliage.
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"And so to the top of the mountain he burned,
A bell rang out his win, and the others returned,
Beaten by a sixteen-year-old, as they learned.
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"He set a new record that stands to this day,
'Cause he took the steep run, the others? No way!
It's been half a century, allow me to say."
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He adds, "I was that scheming, scrambling pup!"
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And she, "All else is equal, but I know the way up.
I'll use my legs and my arms, and the saplings, hup-hup!
If not a new record, this year's loving cup?"
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"I was told you could do it, my dear Buttercup!"
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©2015 George Wisser
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