I would have done a lot better in school sport
if I had understood before I began attending
the place that sport was more meant to assess me
than the teach or support me: School was no place
to learn to swim, play football or cricket.
or prove to anyone how teamwork works.
School was there to discover if I was fit to be taught.
Meanwhile I had to work out between home
and school which of them expected the other
to support me more, without either asking either.
If an aptitude for competitive sport was ever meant
to be a signifier in my life my lack of aptness
would be the case, though I did learn to swim
aged 30, and enjoyed mild attempts at being fit.
But fitness and competitiveness? No chance.
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