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Sport 25: Spring 2000

The meaning of words

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The meaning of words

1. Either
T T S A L I T P T I P N
H H H N I T O A H N R O
E E O D K W F U E G E T
C R U D E O O S S O C H
H I L O L U R E P F A I
I G D W A L G F E B R N
N H B N D D E O C A I G
E T E I D B T R T L O B
S I W N E E W A A A U U
E D R A R D H B C N S T
H E I R S I E R U C L T
A A T O T F N E L I Y H
V W T W H F W A A N O I
E O E E I E T R G V N
R N N C H F E A
D U U E R I
S P L E R
T L

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2. Or
Words are halfbacks.
They don't scrum.
They don't ruck.
They don't maul.
They don't jump.
They don't throw into lineouts.
They don't carry oranges at half-time.
They don't argue with the referee.
They just pass—
Ideas as quick as bullets.

God help you
if you drop them!
Poetry is a game
But so is footy
And we all know how serious that is.