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I re-arranged my china.  England failed

While I was doing that.  The team was young

As we’d been told ad nauseam.  They paled

To losers, though.  I placed old cups among

The others on a shelf as England’s team

Lost.  No, I wasn’t watching England’s game

Against Croatia.  I was noting gleam

Of gilding on imari with the  name

Of Royal Crown Derby.  England has won

In more important ways than stupid sports,

With prettinesses, like a painting nun

Might leave, much prettier than spoiled courts

In England or in France.  Who cares about

That match, I think, as England starts to pout?