Ode to the Shuttle Cock
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Yellow plastic dart
Arcing between net and roof
Complains not when whacked
[Sometimes] breaks apart


Ten a.m. we start
Competition, nail and tooth
Smash it not with tact
Player, but with heart


Get the shots to drop
just before the line.
Then make sure you hop

out of your partner's way
if (s)he's shouting 'Mine!'.
Or in hospital you stay.