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The Uncertainty of Football

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 I am a footballer.
I am very fond of football.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 I am football.
I am very fond of a footballer.

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 I am a footballer of football.
I am very fond.

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 A fond footballer of ‘I am, I am’ –
Very football.

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 Fond of ‘Am I football?’
Am I? – a very footballer.

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 Football of a footballer!
Am I fond? Am I very?

7 Leave a comment on verse 7 0 Footballer football! I am.
I am fond of a ‘very’.

8 Leave a comment on verse 8 0 I am of very fond football.
Am I a footballer?

9 Leave a comment on verse 9 0 © Rosemary Dun 2005

Notes

This poem is a reworking of a poem by Wendy Cope called The Uncertainty Of The Poet. The words in the first two lines are used throughout the poem to give a surprising new one.

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/the-uncertainty-of-football/