August 2010
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'Lines Composed on the Occasion of Manchester...
Slo-mo saves our season. Here’s how:
that dissembling volley, sucker punch,
repays a replay. From the corner, run it slow;
see match-ball turn to damson on his foot,
swell as if too ripe, then shimmer back
into its shape. Watch the sickly fruit
fall sideways waist-high, and our keeper’s
weightless, fruitless dive begin with arms
raised like a saint in rapture.
Replay...