With its love for football often cited
Surreal Belgium is united!
Anticipation buoyed
by hype
All eyes on big
wide screens last night…
But there’s no
easy way to say
Red Devils
hopes have crashed today
Black-yellow-red
flags droop forlorn
While the “Tifosi”
are re-born…
The Italians’ two-one
score is clear
Disgruntled
fans cry in their beer
Deep
disappointment in defeat
While the second Nation’s* win is sweet.
Post-war,
Italians worked our mines
Labouring for
better times
Their many
children were born here
So, for which
side did many cheer?
(c) Poet in the woods 2021
* until recently Italians were the second most populous nationality in Belgium.
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