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The Great Unveiling

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 No one was there
for The Great Unveiling

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 The stadium was empty
save for the men
from The Eastern Daily

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 as X raised a scarf
to say that when Y phoned

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 there was no hesitation,
that he loved the fens,
the broads, the Suffolk Coast,
Southwold, Dunwich bells
underwater: Kings Lynn sugar

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 He’s been to ‘clubs like this’
before when he played for Man Utd,
understands the passions,
the ‘old farm’ mentality.

Notes

That moment when a new signing holds the scarf aloft…

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-great-unveiling/