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Conti’s

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Bruno Conti’s uncle
had a chippy
in Amble.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Mediterranean moustache
smart white coat
& folded arms

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 as the cod
straight off the grey North Sea
sizzled in batter

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 like the ticker-tape
reception for the Azzuri
or the distant commentary

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 from the T.V. set
in the front room
donned in 70s wallpaper

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 silent pride wrong side of Hadrian’s frontier
the bright trawlers are tethered to the harbour walls
the pit head wheels are in museums.

Notes

Editor :Great Northern wind and maybe sea-swept imagery in your poems Crispin..

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/contis/