SOCCER FOR SOLIDARITY

We kick each other's butts
We extract teeth.
without numbing
on the field.
We draw
blue,black bruises
on your well worn body
by cleats.
We don't care
for yellow cards
and not even reds
We don't leave any healthy
ankles
knees
groins
or spines.
on earth.
And we don't mean it.
At the end
we kiss
we hug
we offer
sweaty jersey
that needs
emergency dry cleaning!
-BY THE WAY IS PELE STILL PELE-ING?

World Cup 2010
South Africa
JUNE 2010