From a game of kicks to kickbacks

Football, for long a game of kicks, To viewers oft of bare fists, bricks, At times a show of gun, At others filled with fun, But now more of kickbacks it reeks. It’s time FIFA gets yellow card To warn: be fair and be on guard, Let their flow some fresh breath, Else, there’d be ‘sudden death’, For you, your wards the same standard. Should the warning prove not enough, The game will get rough, make you puff, Let cards yellow to red Act as life kit for Fed, When reason fails to rhyme, act tough. __________________________________ Happenings | 13.05.2015, revised January 2024| Quintain Poet’s Note: This poem was penned following a scandal involving kickbacks of millions of dollars by football’s FIFA officials which was only a tip of the iceberg, it looks as if some warning cards were needed like never before—for officials more than for the players. Here are three quintains, not with ababb rhyme scheme, but takes a limerick format.