Number 79, Olympic Fun And Games

Olympic Fun And Games.

Switzerland beat Austria, they beat them on the beaches;

Not their own seasides of course, as neither of them reaches

Quite far enough to meet the sea, or see it from the hills,

But over here their boys and girls played volleyball for thrills.

Fiercely fought and battle scarred these two great nations bowed,

One in triumph, one defeat, they both gave to the crowd

An entertaining hour or two of jumping up and down,

And showing off their fine physiques and suntanned shades of brown.

We joke of course and put them down, and treat them as a laugh,

But two years hence where will we be when at the winter half?

These titans of the skiing world will no doubt scoop the medals;

While every journalist and cynic writing here back-pedals.

I do believe there is a ski slope somewhere in Dubai;

I’d love to see an Arab skier down the slalom fly,

And beat the Swiss and Austrians, to take away the gold,

And pinch the records that the biggest mountain countries hold.

But where I think we missed something, in this year’s Olympics

Is in the choice of sports that we, as hosts, we could have picked;

It would have built on what we do, on where we come out best,

Uni-cycle racing, British style and fancy dressed!

 © Stephen Saunders

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