Goals May Have Dried Up - Villanelle Poem by Khadim Hussain

Written before the match against Nottingham Forest 18.10.2011, an epitaph to Boro’s unbeaten run.

Goals May Have Dried Up - VILLANELLE

Goals may have dried up
Last four games drawn
We’re still unbeaten in the league

Dreadlock destroyer may be misfiring
Still picking up points even though the
Goals may have dried up


Wage bill slashed by ten million
Paper thin squad
We’re still unbeaten in the league

Third in the league
Premiership is our target
Goals may have dried up


All time Scottish Premier League scoring record holder
Expensive stars of Strachan era gone
We’re still unbeaten in the league

Gaffer, captain of the class of ‘86
Injected steel into brittle Boro defence
Goals may have dried up but
We’re still unbeaten in the league.