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My Big Comeback!

Mike Bartram

Tuesday, August 20th, 2024

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 This was to be my comeback stage.
Playing once more at my advanced age.
This big match took place in my head.
It was a dream last night I had in bed!

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 I came on as sub to ‘change the game’.
To live up to my old ‘hot shot’ nickname!
I had opponents worried from the start.
When they saw me clutching my heart!

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 But it was a false alarm so I carried on.
Sadly, even in my dreams my pace had gone!
So much for my new replacement knee.
And without my specs, I could hardly see!

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 I didn’t touch the ball in my cameo role.
No raids down the wing…no sight of goal!
I couldn’t leave the ground to nod the ball.
Because my lift off engines chose to stall!

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 This wasn’t the footy dream I had in mind.
A ticking clock, I was hoping to rewind!
Also, I noticed a strange lingo players spoke.
Words like ‘pivot’s I heard before I awoke!

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 This new terminology was a bit of a shock.
Apparently we faced some kind of ‘low block’
What all this meant, I had to hazard a guess.
And in my day, I was never instructed to ‘press’.

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 But, my memories remain, press clips and so.
Of how it used to be, all those years ago!
A few hat tricks and the odd ‘5 star’ display.
In those good old days, when I used to play!

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 The morale of this story, my sad dream and tale.
Is that dreams mean nothing, if in them you fail!
And that real comeback, that I planned in head.
Well that idea, I have put well and truly to bed!

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/my-big-comeback/