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george best – in gratitude

twoleftfeet

Friday, December 9th, 2005

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Off the pitch
He burned the Roman candle
at both ends.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 On it
He was a November rocket.
His flair was stellar –
Once glimpsed
Imprinted forever
on the film of memory

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Replay it now –
Crowd hush
as he spins into space
Increasing pace
for all he’s worth.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Adrenalin rush.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Gliding
with waterboatman poise
on turf churned brown

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Past sliding
tackles, disdaining to go down.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Then scoring.

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 Enthralled breath
is freed
Crowd roars,
exhaling praise towards the floodlights

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 Soaring,
It bursts into a starshell
of applause.
Embers of recall
fall, sparkling, back to earth

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/george-best-in-gratitude/