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As football poems always do well on here...?

I thought I'd torture you with this one I wrote about the best club in England ?

 

On Sunderland docks 

They riveted iron & steel 

In surrounding villages 

Whirred the pulley wheel 

 

Graft and toil made 

The industrial North East 

Sweat and blood spilled 

All with little release 

 

But teaching minds resolved 

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Roker Park   SAFC   Sunderland   A Love Supreme

Living Life on the Ledge

Anaglypta, portaloos

Double glazing, snakeskin shoes

V8 twincam, lightning strikes

Mental illness, Pennine hikes

Great North Runs and parking bays

Eminem meets Peter Glaze

Last bus home and suicide

Cheesecake and formaldehyde

 

Miniskirts, pay and display

Alloy wheels and Peter Kay

Pop-ups, blouses, USBs

Berlusconi, birds and bees

Window locks...

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Beckham   Eminem   Freddie Kruger   Jason   Peter Glaze   Peter Kay   Robbie Williams   Sunderland   four-wheel-drive   sex   Pennines   Great North Run   parking   suicide   Berlusconi   smoking   Nike   tabloids   Eastenders   lager

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