OVER

Cricket metaphor.

Saving, attacking, defending
The hard slog.
Men.
Women on sidelines within camera eye.
Theatre, perform.
Result.

OVER

green grass oval now country representational regard possession strike who longs

OVER

india belief in religion fever pitch protect the rules Korea Perth whack the crap leather out between each break some spoken word works thru

OVER

race relations strain as natural actions perform below pace a pace promise now denied CONFIDENCE taited result belief now not result try remain sing

OVER

break the emotion with a flurry of sixes flick the fence a boundary instructed conflicted incised precisely

india vs. australia

the next lot of poems will come from a series of poems i wrote in the commercial breaks of the recent Third Test between india and australia broadcast last week. india ended up winning.

To Be Sung to My Pants.

Pants, new-bought
At Big East Gate,
What gives?

You worn prettily
Half a day;
Legs hobbled, taut:

Was pressure forced
On houndstooth crotch
Too massive to maintain?


For you
Just charity
Remains.