Thank God For Sport!!!!!!!!!!!
SITTING ON A COUCH,
ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON,
BORED.
I TURN ON THE RADIO,
SAME OL' TUNES,
I LOOK AT THE NEWSPAPER,
SAME OL' STORIES,
SO MUCH DRAMA AND GLOOM.
HUMMMMMM,
LET'S SEE WHAT'S ON THE TUBE.
CHANNEL 2
COMMENTATOR GIVEN HIS OPINION,
ABOUT WAR AND POLITICS,
I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF IT!!!!!
CHANNEL 4
RECAPPING THE STORIES FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE.
CHANNEL 7
SPIRITUAL-MMERCIAL
GAURANTEE THAT WE ALL WON'T GET TO HEAVAN
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I HAD SEEN IT ALL
CHANNEL 11
GOT FOOTBALL!!!!!!
IT'S FIRST AND TEN,
AND THE HOME TEAM IS DRIVING,
THE 30,THE 40 , THE 50, WITH EASE.
TOUCHDOWN!!!!
RAISED ARMS AND HANDS,
OF FANS IN THE STANDS,
AND THE REFEREE.
THEN I REALIZE, AS I STAND THERE,
SHOUTING YES,YES,YES!!!!!!
I WAS ALONE.... BUT CONTENT,
MAKING NOISE.
AS MY ARMS, STILL RAISED,
I CLOSE MY EYES,
THANKING GOD FOR SPORT.
Copyright © Jesu Johnson | Year Posted 2010
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