Ashes au revoir at our bete noir the Gabbatoir


Blazing humidity & amazing stupidity

In a lather the palaver rather pathetic

Erasing hopes fans gazing splenetic

Starc’s all round pink ball cupidity


Never clever with willow or leather

Wide wild wafts at end of our tether

Snicked off again just a little feather

Helter skeltering in sweltering weather


The Aussies strengths of line & lengths

Our bowlers retort let’s go wide & short

Flopped blame copped catches dropped

No defense or pretence was just nonsense


Not just below par couldn’t wouldn’t spar

Which is why we say ta ra and au revoir

To the Ashes at our bete noir “the Gabbatoir”
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