Uncontested Scrums

Somewhere in the Southern Suburbs

There's a meeting of the mothers

In a coffee shop

It's the sports coach again

He's far too competitive

And they're only under 10

On the field a pair of plovers

Protecting nest and one another

From uncontested scrums

And the dads on the stands

Say offside, off his feet, obstruction

Referee be damned

A shadow extends

Over Hospital Bend

It's bumper to bumper

4:30PM

Nonsense on KFM

Oh it's just another mistimed commute

And when I get home

I'll wrap myself around the common

A solemn Tuesday afternoon

The clouds descending from the mountain

To rain on me, to rain on all

The slightly overweight dog walkers

On all the Fitbit-wearing freaks

On every son, on every daughter

On every Cape Town family

Cause when a shadow extends

Over Hospital Bend

A storm is a-brewing

5:30PM

Someone tries and fails to stump John Maytham over again

He knows his stuff

He knows his stuff

He knows his stuff