Picked in the Crowd

This poor little boy watching the cricket,

waiting and hoping for the winning wicket.

He sat half in the sun half under a tree,

leaning on one arm as happy as can be.

The other arm unfortunately was preoccupied,

not putting on sunblock to avoid getting fried.

But instead the activity of this arm put him on TV,

up and up his finger went I’m glad it wasn’t me.

The coverage lasted seven to ten seconds,

The camera men felt that angle was the one that beckoned.

But I still feel sorry for the poor boy today,

because the digging and scraping kept going,

it never stopped and his finger stayed.