I'm loving poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy's poem in honour of the almost mythically heroic Beckham brought low by a weakness in his ankle. Entitled "Achilles".
More in the BeebMyth's river - where his mother dipped him, fished him, a slippery golden boy flowed on, his name on its lips.
Without him, it was prophesied, they would not take Troy.
Women hid him, concealed him in girls' sarongs; days of sweetmeats, spices, silver songs...
But when Odysseus came, with an athlete's build, a sword and a shield, he followed him to the battlefield, the crowd's roar,
And it was sport, not war, his charmed foot on the ball...
But then his heel, his heel, his heel...
Hmm, isn't he just a bit of a cry baby?
Even Achilles wept .....
I'm thinking Beckham is, maybe, more of a nursery rhyme type of guy
Now let's see ....
Jack who went up the hill and broke his crown?
Humpty Dumpty, whom all the King's horses and men couldn't put back together again?
Little Boy Blue? - he was sure to cry, after all!
Who, or what, is this Beckham of which you speak?
skb
Simply Ask DikipediaOriginally Posted by skbuncks
http://www.dickipedia.org/dick.php?t...ctoria_Beckham
Last edited by Matt; 17th March 2010 at 11:08 AM.
I see, he's a dick.
Great site btw
skb
The Beckhams wanted to go to LA because they always wanted to live in a city they could spell.
Boom, boom, the old ones are the best
...and true
skb
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