the space with the ball
My name is Dominic I’m a budding writer and journalist based in Glasgow. I wrote this poem about the experience of playing football in my garage when I was a young boy.
Footy in the Garage
The grey of the floor and the dust and the chip
the space with the ball
the game with a hook
standing in a shell
that fatherly smell
that’s attached to the main body of the building
my space
my games
my opposition
in my head
And there they remain
Until I am dead
Dominic Howell, Glasgow
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