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Why? (long version)

Dennis Gould

Monday, June 12th, 2000

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 In Every Country of This Planet: Earth?

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Because nothing is needed but the ball –
made from rags: pigs bladders:
stuffed with newspaper tied with string
tin can or apple.
No Pitch. No Kit. No Commerce?

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Wrap-up your shirt and jacket
for goalposts: use the road: the park:
the field: the yard: the lawn:
the carpark: the graveyard for
your pitch: white or black tee-shirts
for kit: you play in wedding suit:
tracksuit: burial suit: birthday suit.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 You play on birthday:
christmas day: Sunday: baptism day.
You play at dawn and dusk:
breakfast time: coffee time: lunch time:
afternoon time: bedtime: night time
under floodlight: moonlight – pure
full moonlight?

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 You play in sunshine: rainfall: hailstorm:
gale force: hurricane: earthquake:
you play with toddlers:
old age pensioners: school kids mums
and dads and grandmas and granddads!

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 The poor play more.
The poor play more than the rich.
The poor enjoy more than the rich.
The poor play better than the rich:
put universal game – worldwide wonder:
f.o.o.t.b.a.l.l.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/why-long-version/