WORLD CUP

To fix even your boxers
with rituals
of your two balls
in perfect arrangement
from bottom to top
I hear continuous prayers
by that rosary gal in Brazil
she says she is a target
of an ancient mother
lode of being made fun
of by the Devil,
after all,her son John
has prepped to behave
himself for this world cup
prepared for this event
by running and eating well,
even leaving the favela
you call home
to practice every day
in a sweat by the alleys
feeling like Spartacus
if you knew of him
on shore as a galley slave.