patience

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watching and waiting

waiting and watching

wanting victory

yet knowing defeat

is your only ally

your only hope of redemption

to correct past ills

thwart old foes

watching and waiting 

waiting and watching

greed

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sold its soul

down rivers of gold

plundered the proletariat

to line inflated egos pockets

working men

none of them

shame on their arrogant greed

in these broken times

oh captain my captain

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humble servant

loyal friend

fought until the bitter end

for the badge of honour

the love

the pride,

bowing out 

with head held high

battles waged

lost

and won

all for the king

all for one.

fallen

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record buys

bid goodbye

falling short

to prying eyes

ponytails

once divine

broken dreams

hard times

geordie love

scouser scorn

fallen hero

confidence shorn 

journey

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5:00 in the morn

sleep etched on the eyes

journey’s in motion

dark bleary skies

piss stops and bus stops

bacon and rolls

monotonous tarmac

ploughing onto our goals

gossip and banter

teamsheets, ideals

rolling up to the ground

stopping still are the wheels

now the mind does take flight

voices all become one

here in the moment

the true journeys begun

copa mundial

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when boots were black

men were men

talent was all

and brands meant nothing

grandmaster

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a grandmaster weighing up his options

waiting and thinking

thinking and waiting

the mind ablaze with angles

and movements

and thoughts

and ideas.

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there is no time to compose a retort

no moment to clarify thoughts

nor plan your response,

as your ‘keeper

(that great bastion of defence)

lies strewn on the turf

stranded in defeat.