Soccer Game
Six boys split into two groups
One goalie each
one defender
One on offence a half-inflated soccer ball
Two rocks on each side
signifying the goalposts
and the field among the ruins of homes
When the charge starts
Hakim makes sure to go around
The huge crater opened
by the misguided missile
defunct General Dynamics product
missed its target
by a couple of miles
It came uninvited
into Hakim’s playground
scarred deep into the earth’s face
Shares of GD soared
on unsuccessful success
of turning the boys’ soccer game
into an unexpectedly interesting affair
Manolis Aligizakis 