WORLD CUP CATHARSIS IN CATARA
A poem by Tom Leonard
Eight hundred sturdy footballers
Female referees and commentators
Thirty-two flags
Rainbow of Many Colours
Po-faced FIFA president,
full of crap,
Venomous sheikhs
Brave Laura McAllister,
our Welsh heroine
Superlative twin-screened football
Plenty of surprises
Whole world experiences
When Messi scores
Ronaldo's selfish narcissism and bad
Attitude to autistic children and women.
Who will win?
Who really cares?
As the drama unfolds.
Death is part of life,
As the Qatar CEO
So dispassionately says.
Maybe a hurricane with destroy
the resorts when the World Cup is over.
Shameful bullies off the field
And shameless Argies thereon.
LGBT hero Grant Wahl dies during game.
Happy to see African/Moorish success,
But crowd's whistling grates.
Shades of grating vuvuzela of 2010.
Glad to see England playing so well.
and running mighty France so closely,
But Southgate doesn't send on Rashford
Till too late!!
Absolute fucking howler.
L'Arc de Triomphe confabulates.
The Argies become nice people again,
And await Mbappe and France.
The whistling Moroccans put in their spoke,
But get eaten by the French defence.
Crowds celebrate as
Both sides take credit in bronze final.
And the final the most immortal of
Games as Mbappe's hat-trick
Wins golden boot, and yet
Loses to Messi.
Jeff Hurst's 1966 record holds!
His hat-trick won the day!!!
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