Poems

THE SOCCOR PLAYER

AT MY COUSIN’S TWENTY-FIRST

I INTRODUCED AUNT JENNY

TO MICHAEL

THE CAPTAIN OF THE LEINSTER SOCCER TEAM

SHE REFUSED TO SHAKE HIS HAND

I AM AN IRISH REPUBLICAN

AND SHOUTED

I WOULD NEVER SHARE A ROOM WITH A SOCCER PLAYER

THE GAME THE TOMMIES BROUGHT IN

SHE ROARED

ONE OF US WILL HAVE TO GO

MY UNCLE BROUGHT HER HOME.

 

 

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