Friday, 20 May 2022

What We Have We Hold

What We Have We Hold

 

Look, it isn't always fine,

as seconds tick towards full time,

once a team’s been molded,

and sculpted into formation,

but she’s well on top of it.

Hooks a finger and her rallying cry

at his occasional shanked balls

fired into the air, ‘out’, she cries,

and won’t subscribe to do or die.

Fall quickly back in catenaccio,

to cool hot heads then softly blow

into whistle, rests to take on fluid.

A strategic withdrawal, to assess

positions, tests her waters,

dips toe, which ways work best?

Examine close the state of play

as she’s looking under the hood,

to change tactics with expert eyes.

Shoots victory streamers, they fly

over in a sticky ticker tape parade.

Blow up, come down the tunnel

for a final bow and drum roll:

because what we have we hold.



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