Daily Poem Entries

Don't Cry for me Argentina

Don’t Cry for me Argentina

Maradona, in going for the header,
might really have done a lot better
(though it’s doubtful he’d have been much deader)
if his hand had not been the netter.

Or such is the view of the English,
having watched again in slow motion,
and claim that they certain distinguish
the action that caused such commotion.

But my countrymen’s faces are redder,
though the year of eight-six has long flown,
the mem’ry of that fated non-header
still gives them occasion to moan.


Line count: 12
Rhymed abab
For The Daily Poem, 03.02.26
Prompt: Header.