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A Minute of Silence and Sapper Clive Smith

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 A minute of silence
I’ve done plenty
In numerous centre-circles
Since well before aged twenty

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In sorrowful surround
But last Saturday afternoon
At our football ground

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 A minute of silence
Lest we forget was won
We stood together
This Father, his Son and Grandson

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 A minute of silence
Support, Wolves have always been rich
Never more so
Than when Clive Smith walked onto the pitch

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 A minute of silence
This brave soldier
To the centre-circle
A mitre match ball, he handed over

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 …..Then, a minute of silence
Red poppies amongst mascots
An impeccable minute of silence

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 A minute of silence
Consider this club as rich
With support and the silence
And Sapper Clive Smith on the Molineux pitch

Notes

In 2012 and 2013 I have been at Molineux when Sapper Clive Smith carried the match ball onto the Molineux pitch. He lost both legs in a roadside explosion whilst serving in Afghanistan. Sapper Clive Smith is from Cannock and a devoted Wolves supporter.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/a-minute-of-silence-and-sapper-clive-smith/