#raffa
I look like Raffa
(Rafael Benítez, Spanish football manager)
no ****
you put a picture of him next to me
we look like long lost twins
but people don't seem to get
I'm not actually him
vilified by van drivers
builders on scaffolds
through open car windows
"oi Raffa you *****
they don't seem to understand
he wouldn't be walking
carrying shopping
down the high street
I also look a bit like Peter Sutcliffe
but we'll leave it there I think
Mar 8, 2020
Mar 8, 2020 at 5:04 AM UTC
I would love to be a famous poet
Featured in literature, plagiarised,
Asked for comment, so and so
From somewhere (age) said
Verbatim, 'quotation marks'
To reveal a piece of myself,
Make known my stance on any
Subject, but I'm a van driver
From Essex, all I'm supposed
To talk about is football, which
I hate, though I look like Raffa
Which doesn't help (If you want
to see my face, look at him, my
Italian doppelganger)
I attract abuse,
People come up to me and call me
A ******
For some decision he made,
They're stupid but not actually stupid
Enough to believe Raffa works as a courier
In Essex, are they?
So I sit naked on my bed
Writing bad poetry
Wishing
I was someone else, instead
Of a Raffa alter ego,
A Poet
Who is quoted in literature, plagiarised
Asked for comment,
Someone who mattered and
Was listened to.
Jun 24, 2019
Jun 24, 2019 at 11:44 AM UTC