I wrote this poem during the 2010 World Cup, when everyone was talking about vuvuzelas. It appeared in escarp: ” a text-message-based review of super-brief literature,” 17 June 2010.
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Big, tough fella
loud, racy lass
timid Cinderella
prodigy, alas
blow your vuvuzela
if you must.
See also my post: Whatever you think about football
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