What with Andrew’s requiem, I didn’t know how to take this, Bill, especially not having any knowledge of Cricket, or what’s been happening. A true fan, then, what with the hyperbole here…
though neatly done, withal…
Doug
> On Jan 23, 2018, at 3:10 PM, Bill Wootton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> All that focused intensity
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> Rippling energy uncoiling
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> and then ... the piff
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> Counter movements,
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> sensing, probing, smacking
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> deception,
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> the clean miss
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> All may be well
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> for the arrested
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> moment
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> but inevitably comes
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> sporting hell
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> Out. Gone.
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> And the husk trudges off
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> Fresh fodder
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> sent in
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> The dead mount up
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> all afternoon
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> bw
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