Tuesday Poem: Blame the victim, or how to flip over a sledge (a found poem), by John Howell

We were uncomfortablethey were nice to us in NZthey were nice to us the whole weekand we were uncomfortable
we were uncomfortablethey were nice to usI can’t stand this anymoreI’m not playing cricket like this
I said at the team meetingwe’re going at them as hard as we canI can’t stand this anymorewe were uncomfortable
In the final if we get a crack at themI’m letting everything outthey were nice to us that whole weekYou know what?  They deserved it.
words from Brad Haddin, Australian wicketkeeperDom Post, 2 April 2015

Credit note and poet bio: This poem is new and unpublished and is reproduced by permission of the author, John Howell.

John Howell lives in Ngaio, Wellington. Recently he retired from ministering at the Union Parish in Taupo. He has published two books of prayers. He has degrees in science, arts, theology, a diploma in Business Studies.
Tim says: The Cricket World Cup 2015 may have finished a few weeks ago now, and Australia were rightfully the favourites, but that final still burns!
The Tuesday Poem: This week, it's In Carbondale by Cliff Fell, selected by Harvey Molloy: both poem and discussion are well worth reading.You can buy books by Tim Jones online! Voyagers: SF Poetry from NZ from Amazon.Transported (short story collection) from Fishpond or New Zealand Books Abroad.