'Ode to Evel' by The Sports Poet, Dave Ochs

Ode to Evel

By The Sports Poet, Dave Ochs

Evel Knevel

The original motorcycle daredevil

Died Recently

He jumped

Over trucks, fountains

And canyons

Sometimes he didn't

Make it

And broke every bone

In his body

Some twice

But he wasn't

Going to let

A few months

In a body cast

And major reconstructive surgery

Stop him

Today the daredevils

Have state of the art bikes

And having the whole thing

Down to a science

Their jumps are longer

Than old Evel's

But they're not nearly

As fun to watch

They always make it