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“Today”

Dulwich Poet

Sunday, April 28th, 2013

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 Is the day
That makes it all worthwhile.
For all those years
Of blind loyalty
And foolishness
Traipsing all over
The south of England
In love with something
That rarely reciprocates.
You can follow your Arsenals;
Your Chelseas; Man. Uniteds et al
But trust me…
Reading the back of ‘The Sun’
And catching a game on the telly
Does not make you
A fan like me.
Tell me have you done
Any of these for your team:
Cried at a play-off defeat
Missed goals making players tea
Stumped up a players booking fine
Been chased by your arch rivals
All the way across Figges Marsh
Then into the railway station
And then down the track
Spent whole mornings working on the pitch
To make sure games go without a hitch.
Got to away games to find they’re off
Gone sick for games with a pretend cough
Supporting Dulwich Hamlet
Has ruined more days
Thank I care to think
Making my mood deseperately sink.
I can cope with that
Live and learn, I say
But please today
A small return
Against all the odds.
We CAN go up
And as I no longer
Alcohol sup
I should be able to
Enjoy the glory
No more ruining it
With a drunken story.
In my heart I believe
We WILL pick up the point we need
But I’ve followed The Hamlet far too long
It’s in my head I need to be strong.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Dulwich Poet 27th April 2013

Notes

More pre-match wittering, from the last Dulwich Hamlet game of the season, where we need a point to be crowned champions, at home to Burgess Hill Town)

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/today-3/