all lined up in perfect rows,
rushing off to work, holding
the whole facade together
Saturday, June 23
World Cup Tanka: SOUTH KOREA vs. MEXICO (Match 28)
match rather unimpressive,
should've lost by more
likely their last chance today
at winning a World Cup match
the People's Team of
America's first match since
defeating Germans
biggest win national team
history - Vamos El Tri!
Koreans keep pace
until handball in the box -
Vela penalty
crowd energy exploded -
human nuclear fission
Mexico lacks the
intensity of first match -
adrenal fatigue
far better than Korea,
but still only one goal up
until Lozano
leads a three-on-one breakout -
Chicharito gooolllllllll!
whole bottom of stadium
waving red, white, and green flags
the People's Team of
America controlling,
holding two goal lead
the Koreans start to get
chippy, yellow cards flying
North American
continent represented
well, if only once
fuck Trump, fuck ICE, fuck Europe,
fuck Putin - Vamos El Tri!
World Cup Tanka: BELGIUM vs. TUNISIA (Match 27)
kits at the top of dirtgod
holiday wish list
the team itself pretty sick
collection of world talents
in principle, I'm
all for Tunisia due to
geopolitics
but they lack charismatic
guiding light to get behind
choosing Roberto
Martinez as manager
a pretty wise choice
experience handling top
talent assortment's egos
the Belgian attack -
with Hazard, Lukaku, plus
others - far too much
two goals up just like that, but
Tunisia doesn't lay down
got one back, and fought
through first half, two injuries
depleting options
second half unleashes full
throttle yellow Belgian push
Lukaku's soft touch
gives them third goal, and then it's
wide open from there
lesser team clutching closely
loses hope rather quickly
Belgian Red Devils
more than legit contender
to win whole damn thing
this generation their best
ever, and clicking to boot
S1TT1NG 0N B3NCH, W4TCH1NG L1V3S...
sitting on bench, watching lives
pass by which seem to have it
figured out in ways I don't
Friday, June 22
World Cup Tanka: SERBIA vs. SWITZERLAND (Match 26)
favorite non-favorite
nation at World Cup
read far too much shit about
fall of Yugoslavia
this Swiss team features
Slavic diaspora stars,
not down with the Serbs
football metaphysics adds
sediment deeper than sport
none more Serbian
than Mitrovic, who drives home
goal first five minutes
their assault complete, the Serbs
settle into cold defense
Swiss looked complacent,
uninspired, up until half,
came back out full bore
Xhaka missiles a return
from Shaqiri deflection
Xhaka does double
eagle hand celebration,
taunting Serbia
the game just got exciting,
normcore, and metaphysics
after energy
of Xhaka's goal dies down, Serb's
re-assert control
the live stadium crowd is
FUCKING LIT; feels like knockout
tensest group stage match
I've seen, by far - high octane
in final minutes
Shaqiri drives home the spike,
shirtless Kosovar hand signs
World Cup Tanka: NIGERIA vs. ICELAND (Match 25)
sporting the Worldest Cuppest
jerseys possible
I’ll be an old man searching
future ebay for these joints
Iceland means we’ll get
more thunder claps and mad dudes
sporting -son surnames
proud tiny tribalism
of island motherfuckers
this is a tale of
two barely known goalkeepers,
both of whom done well
Iceland’s Halldorsson had that
big Messi penalty kill
Uzoho only
19, on much bigger stage
than Spanish B-league
I love matches like this one -
underdogs sharing power
halftime still level,
meaning Argentina rides
bottom of table
early second half, Moses
and Musa show classic flair
soft and sweet assist
on breakaway, delicate
single touch then strike
later, Musa jukes goalkeep,
dances past defenders - that’s two
is Iceland shook? yes,
Gylfi even shanks easy
penalty; they’re shook
thunder claps silenced, replaced
by joyous west African drums
World Cup Tanka: BRAZIL vs. COSTA RICA (Match 24)
drama this week regarding
Neymar’s limping round
Neymar is a punk - all the
talent in the world, but weak
Costa Rica has
feel of another World Cup
motion-goer team
other than their goalkeeper,
they’ve shown very little fire
a most uninspired
group stage match for most of the
way, nothing felt real
how do you go through four-year
process sans intensity?
props to referees
for letting them play, but still
Neymar goes fishing
you breathe too close to that dude
and it’s like scythe chopped him down
South American
teams struggling mightily, from
the wrong hemisphere
(rarely do nations from the
other side of Earth win this)
in the end, as it
should be, Brazil decided
to bang couple in
sure, it was in extra time,
but they still did what they should
both Coutinho and
Neymar score; ultimately,
Brazil’s shown weakness
will they seize throats and squeeze? or
will they fall down in cosplay?
T3LL1NG TH3 S4M3 0L' ST0R13S...
telling the same ol' stories
to diff'rent faces (sometimes
the same, but blurred memory)
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