The Valley that Calls by Deniz Besim - HTML preview

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Tuning into Tennis

 

I turn on the program for the tennis

The politics channels are a menace

All politicians have something to fear

And the phrases they coin are all quite queer

But with Wimbledon I love what they wear

When players wear bandanas that's quite rare.

 

I tune in to matches where the game's rare

In June, it's a pleasure to watch tennis

Always loving what the spectators wear

Sounds interrupt the game - what a menace.

Sometimes the competition gets quite queer

Yet the players have each other to fear.

 

Like when players their service games don't fear

Since not all contestants are good or rare

It keeps the game going at the tennis.

They all need to look out for their menace

Else it's defeat what on their face they'll wear.

 

One thing they don't want on their face to wear

Is defeat.  That is what they have to fear -

An opponent who makes game a menace.

A quality play would make the game rare

Giving more joy to fans of the tennis

When they get angry, their statements are queer.

 

When they mumble angry comments, quite queer

And anger's the expression they would wear

Nowhere else but at Wimbledon tennis.

Sometimes players have bad weather to fear

That stops the game of a contest quite rare

Then suddenly, the rain's what's a menace.

 

Umbrellas out to shelter from menace

Some umbrellas quite unusual and queer

And a few of them with colours so rare

Such as stripy or gold spots that they wear.

The sun comes out, it's now the game they fear,

When people put their odds on the tennis.

 

It's a menace to put odds on tennis,

Since it is queer to have tennis to fear,

Games are quite rare, and players sport clothes wear.