Standing in Line

26/07/2020 -  Poem A Day Compilation



Standing in line

To enter the stadium

Surrounded by the noise

Of thousands of voices

Chatting and cheering

Excited and hopeful

Waiting for the gates

To swing open

And be ushered in

By underpaid security

Who dread the end

When the fans exit

And those who lost,

And drunk too much

And ate not enough,

Want to take it out

On someone convenient,

But, for now,

It is calm

If not quiet

And the buzz in the air

Is jubilant.