The One Legged Plastic Footballer That Time Forgot
D Dónall Dempsey
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He's the one legged
plastic footballer
that Time forgot
along with a pack
of Airman cigarettes
dried up shaft of wheat
dried up moth
some matches all played out
doomed never to catch fire
a smelly box candle
of Nag Champa &
a single 100mg Gabapentin
capsule
for a long-ago pain
rain on the shingles
the colour of his strip
worn away by fingertips
just able to…make out…he's a…No.6.
It takes 3 matches before
(used children's voices shouting: '...go on…go on...')
'...he must score! ')
The smelly candle
is lit
the single 100mg Gabapentin capsule
is taken for present pain
the same old one
come ‘round again
and a broken in two
pure Graphite 4B pencil
begins to scribble
this poem.
Rain on the shingles.
Rain on the shingles.
Rain on the shingles.
...still.
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