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The End Of Football As We Know It ..(for now)

Crispin Thomas

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 I came across a wondrous poem
where football had been banned
from village greens to national teams
and right across the land

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 around this tiny planet
that spins aloft in space
the game just like Atlantis
had sunken without trace
it had become too big for us
and taken such a hold
that normal things like loving life
were left out in the cold

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 our endless competitions
that just dragged on and on
throughout the year there’d be somwhere
where football would be on
but not in my dream sadly
no ball was kicked again
just tears and frowns and empty grounds
without our precious game

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 we’d all returned to simpler things
to satisfy our thirst
and re-discovered quite a lot
but it was hard at first
no butterflies in tummies
no nervousness inside
no colours meaning everything
no local football pride

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 And so it was i found myself
distraught alone confused
with only stuff on cricket
and tennis on the news
what is this world I’ve landed on
without a rhyme or reason
I realised with htanks at last
we’re still stuck in pre-season

© CT08

Notes

A World Wiithout Football..what would it be like?
Inspired by’ My Worst Nightmare’ by Andrew Collett from “Football Fever” ‘Poems about Football a collection by John Foster published by Oxford University Press.Do cehck out Andrew’s website ar www.wackyverse.com.
Also in response to Clik the Mouse ‘Another Saturday Without Football’

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-end-of-football-as-we-know-it-for-now/