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Florida

Rick Wojtala

Free verse
I wouldn’t do something unless I had a reason.
February 1979.
We went to Florida to try out for Pro Soccer .
Fort Lauderdale Strikers.
George Best was there and passed me a soccer ball.
I made it to the final eleven but unsigned.  
So we went back to Michigan to play college soccer.  
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Written on April 19, 2024

Submitted on April 19, 2024

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Scheme ABCDEFC
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 288
Words 59
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 7
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