Women's Sport

We used to laugh at Women's sport
It was a joke on the TV
An easy male punchline
Was all it used to be

But the athletes kept on playing
Kept on running down the ball
They kept on pushing at their limit
Even if no one watched at all

Despite the lack of funding
Some folk begun to care
Not discounting those
That always had been there

And the tide, it started turning
"That was actually rather good"
The one exception, then another
It moved slower than it should

Yes, the funding is still behind
And the research lacks in places
But the numbers keep on growing
And there's emotion in all faces

The anguish, the effort,
The sadness, the joy
The watchers, the players
Each girl and each boy

So much so that I can't fathom
The mentality of some folk
Imagine trading all of this
For the sake of an easy joke

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Inspired by an annoying instagram reel making the rounds recently