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You Cannot Be Serious (Sports Poem)

you cannot be serious man

in what you say

that is what the brat

was heard to say

 

on the court he'd remonstrate

about the call

he objected to the linesman's

placement of the ball

 

you cannot be serious man

in what you say

that is what the brat

was heard to say

 

in tennis circles he had

a no good reputation

for engaging in

all manner of disputation

 

you cannot be serious man

in what you say

that was what the brat

was heard to say

 

unsporting behaviour

he'd frequently show

other competitors didn't much

like the tenor of his bow

 

you cannot be serious man

in what you say

that is what the brat

was heard to say

 

another of his ilk presently

applies the same guttersnipe stuff

he's a right royal smarty-pants

with his racquet's guff

 

you cannot be serious man

in what you say

that is what the brat

was heard to say

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Written by
ElizabethSquires
Australian
Published
Oct 24, 2016
Lines·Words
36·157
Notes

John McEnroe and Nick Kyrigos.

Tags
#call#remonstrate#tennis#racquet
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