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Edgar Allan Poe at Lord's.(Poem)

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From: Quadrant
Date: 20040101
Author:Whitworth, John

 
EDGAR ALLAN POE AT LORD'S 
 
   So Lenore and I got chatting; now she's here to watch me batting 
   But the pitch looks pretty dodgy and the ball's been turning square. 
   Though I know I didn't nick it (as you always do at cricket), 
   Still the fellow at the wicket throws the ball into the air, 
   With a roar of "How was that!" he throws the ball into the air, 
   And I swear it isn't fair. 
 
   So I loiter and I fidget and I feel an utter midget 
   As I curse the fatal digit that might terminate my stay. 
   Lord, that miserable moppet, could he not contrive to drop it, 
   When ...

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