[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 10836-10837]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     CONGRATULATING THE MIAMI HEAT

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                        HON. FREDERICA S. WILSON

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Friday, June 29, 2012

  Ms. WILSON of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the 
Miami Heat on its 2011-2012 National Basketball Association (NBA) 
Championship. The Miami Heat's journey to its second championship is a 
testament to teamwork and selflessness. In honor of their remarkable 
season and leadership in my community, I submit the following poem, 
written by Albert Carey Caswell.

     THE HEAT IS ON,
  FEEL . . . FEEL THE HEAT!
     IN HONOR OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONS
     THE MIAMI HEAT
     THE HEAT IS ON, FEEL . . . FEEL THE HEAT!

                       (By Albert Carey Caswell)

     THUNDER and HEAT!
     When two forces of nature so meet!
     But only one can so hold that title so very sweet?
     As World Champions, as out into a future which so speaks!
     Feel . . . Feel The Heat!
     ``WADE' a minute, your over your head . . . so very deep!
     Something so fast and so furious that no one can beat!
     Like a Category 5 Hurricane coming at you, up from the beach!
     You better get your children inside, because this title is so 
           out of reach!
     Feel! Feel The Heat!
     It begins . . . with a little boy with a ball in hand. . .
     As into the wee hours of the night he now so stands . . .
     Shot after shot, rebound after rebound, as he takes command!
     Dreaming that Dream, that once so began!
     To walk upon that hardwood, and so see and so feel the crowd 
           . . .
     To play in the NBA, all of those sights and so sounds!
     As it all so begins with that first basketball, The Round!
     Pee wee leagues, elementary, pick up games, middle and high 
           school ball!
     And just maybe a college so comes to call . . .
     And then The Pro's, The Greatest of All!
     Oh how I wonder, if all of this Dr. Naismith saw?
     And for many, this dream but so gives them that chance!
     To leave a life of heartache and poverty, and to so advance!
     To go to March Madness, and The Big Dance . . .
     And to get an education, and have a life and make future 
           plans!
     And yet still for some, even greater dreams may so advance!
     To play in The NBA!
     And then the greatest of all of them,
     That One Golden Chance!
     To be a World Champion,
     and wear that crown and ring and so dance!
     And so reside at The Top of Round Ball,
     oh what a romance!
     That of a World Champion, to so take that most lofty stance!
     For only a very few will ever be in such a circumstance!

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     For these are sheer men of might!
     Who fly through the air almost at the speed of light!
     Who jump high above those backboards all on game night!
     With such catlike reflexes and speed, to the crowds to 
           ignite!
     Even Spider Man could learn lessons from them all about 
           flight!
     The ones who can shoot the eyes out of basket going left or 
           right!
     And who will wear this most hallowed crown, so very bright?
     And earn that great title of World Champions, this night!
     THUNDER AND HEAT!
     When two forces of nature on the hardwood so meet!
     Something's got to give, THUNDER AND HEAT!
     And after last year's loss they had down graded, The Heat!
     But, this year's version . . .
     according to The Book of King James, ``hunt it . . . hunt 
           it'' was ready to compete!
     As they took that loss and planted it all in their hearts so 
           very deep!
     As day in and day out they so strived for that title to seek!
     AS THE THREE AVENGERS AND THE TEAM,
     ALL CAME TOGETHER AT WARP SPEED!
     THE BIG THREE, WHAT HELL TRULY CAN BE!
     Melding into a perfect storm,
     in the NBA to create such havoc, to reek!
     Making grown men so weep!
     AS IT WAS JUDGEMENT DAY!
     AS THIS TIME THEY WERE PLAYING FOR KEEPS!
     A New Kid in town, Durant and his Thunder at the OK Corral!
     When, The James Gang came riding into town!
     Two of the best ball slingers in the NBA to be found!
     But they were ambushed in game one, as The Heat went down!
     As Dwayne said ``WADE, A MINUTE . . . WADE A MINUTE NOW!''
     And King James said, ``its' not OK, we're going to be wearing 
           that crown!''
     And he said, ``you won't get this title sooner, much later 
           now!
     And BOSH, put it into high gear . . . high performance so 
           now!
     As The Heat evened the series,
     and cried take me to Miami . . . were heading South!
     As it was Mano v Mano,
     LeBron and Durant who would so bow?
     Even Spider Man wishes he could be like LeBron,
     someway . . . or somehow!
     Maybe if he goes to his basketball camp,
     King James will show him just how!
     A question asked, ``did LeBron, really turn that role of 
           Spider Man down?''
     As the next three games, were all so insane . . .
     As THE HEAT said feel my pain!
     With a wave of DEFENSE, that washed The Thunder out!
     As this Hurricane's intensity grew so, and how!
     Even the weather channel was forecasting major damage, about!
     As they gave The Thunder fair warning to evacuate this town!
     As Dwayne was smooth as silk, as he comes from a different 
           ilk!
     Is he from another planet? WOW!
     Shooting the eyes out of the basket, up and down the court on 
           a cloud!
     As The Thunder said,
     ``cape crusaders in the NBA should not be allowed!''
     Like Batman and Robin. . . King James and Wade,
     The Dynamic Duo said throw in the towel!
     Now that's what I'm talking about!
     And then throw in THE BOSH, making The Big Three!
     IT'S LIKE A BATTLE STAR, HOLY COW!
     James, Wade and Bosh have more combined take offs and 
           landings,
     than Miami's airport does so now!
     We need an air traffic controller on the court,
     to regulate these take offs and landings somehow!
     You know, ``Sometimes you get a ``REVEALING''!
     Like you never had before!
     As they turned UP THE HEAT and LeBron triple doubled,
     and went beyond a category 5 to victory insure!
     A category, is that what his number 6 on his jersey stands 
           for?
     Ruling, over his Kingdom from baseline to baseline. . .
     Something so beautiful and pure!
     He'll slam you, he'll jam you, like a vampire make your neck 
           sore.
     As he was a Man For All Seasons, need I say more?
     He's a Tour De Force!
     As once again MVP once more!
     As Miller Time, throwing up three's like he was out of his 
           mind!
     And Shane Battiher would ``Duke it out'',
     making threes from the back line!
     As they were all giving James, a very Harden time!
     As Serge couldn't Iblocka each and every Heat shota he'd 
           find!
     And Westbrook, Miami's D gave him the hook making him whine!
     As Mario Charmed them from down town one at a time!
     And Udonis U Hasem,
     all on defense and rebounds making them hide!
     AND WHEN GAME FIVE WAS DONE,
     THAT'S HOW THE WEST WAS WON!
     AS KING JAMES SAID, THE HEAT IS ON!
     STAY OUT OF THE HEAT MY SON!
     Even skin block won't protect you, get the job done!
     As you looked around,
     you saw the tears in The Heat's eyes!
     As they had a feeling like they never had before!
     A revealing!
     As coach Erik Poelstra said, ``I'm so proud of you guys!''
     And Riley said, ``Erik, I worship you on high!''
     For money can not buy, that feeling of a dream deep down 
           inside!
     That all little boys hearts, one day hope to realize!
     Somewhere in America tonight, a little boy stands. . .
     shot after shot, rebound after rebound into the night making 
           plans!
     Dreaming that dream, fighting that fight!
     WARNING! WARNING! A NATIONAL WEATHER ALERT!
     MORE HURRICANES ARE PREDICTED IN THE FUTURE THAT HURT!
     MORE NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE COMING FROM THE HEAT!
     THE HEAT IS ON, IT'S ON THE COURT, IT'S IN THE SEATS,
     IT'S IN THE OCEAN, IT'S IN THE STREETS, ON BISCAYNE BVD
     SO SWEET! THE HEAT IS ON, FEEL. . . FEEL THE HEAT!

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