In AN OKAPI’S ODE TO BADMINTON, an okapi recites an ode. But it’s not just any old ode. Far from it. It’s an ode that’ll help you make head or tails of a sport that lots of people have come across at some point but don’t know much about. What’s a birdie made of? How many points does it take to win? Why does the name of the sport sound like a scolding for a naughty glove? Who can answer such questions? Few can. But fear not! Here’s the good news: being no run of the mill rhyme-writing ruminant, the okapi, in a poem that’s hard to topi, does all of us a favor by putting the sport of badminton in one whale of a nifty nutshell. It’s quite a feat. But will the okapi’s ode be a smash in the end? Well, you’ll just have to be the judge of that!
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