Poems of the Week

Tournament Turnaround

by Alex Steelsmith

“Qatar banned the sale of beer at World Cup stadiums on Friday,
a sudden U-turn on the deal the conservative Muslim emirate made…”
AP

Higgledy-swiggledy,
beer-loving soccer fans
finding their party a
bit of a dud

take in the tournament
non-alcoholically;
Budweiser’s profits are
nipped in the Bud.