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Waiting For the Flood Gates to Open – Villanelle

1 Leave a comment on verse 1 0 It’s raining, and has been pouring all day!
On this bitterly cold December
We at the Riverside are waiting for the floods gates to open.

2 Leave a comment on verse 2 0 Season of good will is here,
Time for celebration, who cares if it has been
It’s raining, and has been pouring all day!

3 Leave a comment on verse 3 0 Three points and we’re at the top
Two minutes and Adam Clayton floats the ball over but
We at the Riverside are waiting for the floods gates to open

4 Leave a comment on verse 4 0 Seven, fourteen, forty, forty-four minutes
Boro poured forwards without reward but
It’s raining, it’s has been pouring all day!

5 Leave a comment on verse 5 0 In second half Boro, it’s still raining and
Boro fans still waiting for goals to warm the soul but
We at the Riverside waited for the floods gates to open

6 Leave a comment on verse 6 0 It’s wet, its cold and
Nugent is sent off
It’s raining, it’s has been pouring all day!
We at the Riverside waited for the floods gates to open

Notes

Written Sat 12th Dec
Middlesbrough vs Birmingham

Source: http://footballpoets.org/poems/waiting-for-the-flood-gates-to-open-villanelle/