GOL?

by Fahmi Fadzil

Prologue
Tonight: Shibuya!
Roponggi many “gai-jin”
Erm… “gaiku-sujin.”

I
“I’ve never seen this
Mad young people, all go wild
at ‘Scramble Crossing*’.”

II
Rain falls – “Umbrellas!!”
Zan and I forgot to bring
Meh. Selamba je.

III
Take-Off: a small club
Many, many young people
A fire hazard?

IV

Kawashima! (clap!)
Kawashima! (clap! clap! clap!)
Kawashima! (clap!)

V

Half-time, we took off
I’m glad we took the train back
Damn, a boring game!

VI-a

Walking in the rain
Zan explained something to me:
“Haiku many styles…”

VI-b

“Got five-seven-five;
Also got more free-flow style;
Must have good rhythm.”

VII

“Haiku
Is like
Twitter.”

VIII

In Morishita
Where Zan and I are staying
“Who you think will win??”

IX

“Oka-chan!”, he’s called**,
has a deathly look on him
the players tried hard
but it did not look enough…
Ninety minutes done, how now??

X

Arghhhhhh it’s Sudden Death!
It’s very tense, I can’t sleep!!
Penalty shootouts!!!!!!!!!

XI

Deep focus
One-on-One
…not Japan.

Epilogue

Now I
am all
alone.

*
A major crossing
outside Shibuya Station
Hachiko is there.

**
Japanese team coach
is Takeshi Okada
They call him “grandpa.”

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