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ko ko thett
no football colour
no football colour
no football colour
it’s goodnot to understand the circumstances
not being able to grasp the fourth-language commentaries
why they always throw the pain across the pitch
right into your chest
or how they shin you even in the injury time
what a turf specialist has to say about the carpet or
how humidity affects your footsie!
when men are numbered 0 to 10
man resorts to paraphilia
man turns into character actor
salary commensurate with skill
a french knife can cut through a swiss cheese without sweat
but isn’t football, being football,
an extraordinarily roundish thing,
shouldn’t the referee always trust her linesman?
you don’t want to harp on about Bach to a buffalo
you can’t explain law 11 to the uninitiated
you can’t unscore your own goal
i regret to inform you
you have everything but leg luck
the principle of short passes works
only when you are well-linked,
and wicked
© 2015, ko ko thett
From: The Burden of Being Burmese
Publisher: Zephyr, Brookline MA
From: The Burden of Being Burmese
Publisher: Zephyr, Brookline MA
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no football colour
it’s goodnot to understand the circumstances
not being able to grasp the fourth-language commentaries
why they always throw the pain across the pitch
right into your chest
or how they shin you even in the injury time
what a turf specialist has to say about the carpet or
how humidity affects your footsie!
when men are numbered 0 to 10
man resorts to paraphilia
man turns into character actor
salary commensurate with skill
a french knife can cut through a swiss cheese without sweat
but isn’t football, being football,
an extraordinarily roundish thing,
shouldn’t the referee always trust her linesman?
you don’t want to harp on about Bach to a buffalo
you can’t explain law 11 to the uninitiated
you can’t unscore your own goal
i regret to inform you
you have everything but leg luck
the principle of short passes works
only when you are well-linked,
and wicked
From: The Burden of Being Burmese
no football colour
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