How charged with punishments the scroll

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Hard to believe that Allen Iverson has been putting in work on the NBA hardwood for 12 plus years, even harder to believe this is his 12th signature sneaker. Iverson’s definitely kept the pace on the court with nearly 28 points a game in his career, his kicks have done the same, and we have his latest here.

The Reebok Answer 12 will be hitting retailers shortly in three colorways to match AI’s teams throughout his career. Iverson’s number is stitched into the base of the laces, along with an interesting heel area definitely make these kicks unique. The Nuggets colorway has graffiti print on the heel, while the other two colorways feature the poem Invictus written by William Ernest Henley.

Read the poem, and take a detailed look at all three colorways after the break via kenlu.

On the heel the poem Invictus by William Ernest Henley reads…

Nike Air Force 1,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
It matters not how strait the gate
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
For my unconquerable soul.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
Under the bludgeonings of chance
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.

Air Jordan 1,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.

How charged with punishments the scroll