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A Ball in the Net Is Worth Two in the Stands

Christopher T. George

Tuesday, February 8th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 “Am I so round with you, as you with me,
that like a football, you do spurn me thus?”
A Comedy of Errors, Act 2, Scene 1

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 I scored! I scored! Verily, all of you saw it,
the ball came flighted over from the left wing,
I nodded it in, their goalie bested, the ball flew
into the back of the net. I scored, won the match…

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 But that jackanape with a whistle called it back,
that baldpate numbskull with the nobbly knees
conferred with the one-eyed flagwaver
and they declared it offside! I protested,

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 I unloaded my whole bardic vocabulary,
verily puked it out at his pusillanimous puss,
earned myself a red card, an early shower.
Now all ye young bards listen to my story,
I’ll tell it to ye straight and I won’t bore ye,
stay on side, strike it true, seize the hour!

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Christopher T. George

© Christopher T. George 2005

Notes

Doesn’t rhyme throughout but this is a sonnet.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-ball-in-the-net-is-worth-two-in-the-stands/