Footballers


Some people think footballers are stupid

because they're not thinking about ballet

or the Royal Shakespeare Company.

They talk with their feet the way boxers

talk with their fists; Muhammad Ali

did both, floated like a butterfly

and talked hip hop poetry.


Keep your eye on the ball, footballers

are owning boutiques and hotels,

sponsoring sportswear like Nike;

the net worth of football players today

is worth much more than ballerinas

or Shakespearean actors, ya dancer,

a goal! we're on our way to victory.