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Goalscorer

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Silence, and slow slow motion
long years of devotion
10 jars of wintergreen lotion

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 I am on the edge of the box,
despite several nasty knocks.
the crowd are here in ‘Flocks’.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 One eye on defence
I turn on a sixpence,
a lifetime of suspence

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 the ball has found its window of opportunity
in the ‘top left hand corner’ without impunity
Now! I am part of a divine community

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 a goalscorer !

Notes

after 10 years playing local football, the one pervading memory that returns is the goal in the top left hand corner.

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