THE FALLEN GENERAL
Last year, the world stopped and froze mid-air
as the Danish midfield general collapsed
in the middle of the clash untouched
His heart gave way and but for CPR
and then defibrillation he would, it’s sure,
have breathed his last right there, a warrior
on the field of battle O innocent
world of 2021 when European war
was read about in dusty documents
we thought we’d shelved forevermore
and mentioned just as football metaphor
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