Round 1 – Haiku Bob: sliver of light

 

first game
premiership players return
to just being footballers

 

back to reality
an autumn leaf lands
with a thud

 

slow start
the setting sun
slinks away

 

rippling through
the expectant crowd
away goals

 

first stars
the holes
in our defence

 

another fumble
I tighten my grip
on the beer can

 

cresent moon –
Daicos the only
sliver of light

 

round one defeat. . .
a few autumn leaves
among the champagne corks

 

 

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