This is being written during the Winter Olympics of 2014, held in Sochi, Russia. I happened to tune in last night during a ski jump event. I learned that the competitors do not use skis with the traditional edge; that they sit on a crossbar till they’re ready to slide; that their landing area is cross-striped with red and purple and guidelined with what looks like rocks; that many ski jumpers can’t give it up, and go back to the jump even after they retire from competition. Hearing that, and seeing the exhilarating jumps, led me to this drawing and acrostic:

A floating specter seems to be from antigrav.org
Agility will keep him from the ER or the morgue
It helps to have a musculature up to the contort
It doesn’t hurt to NEED the thrill that only comes with sport
Restrictions are made moot yet new conditions are severe
Revel-lations liberate though icy wind may shear