Ashes Poetry

I shall show them their maker’s name.
I shall not hide, nor angle nor feint,
But smite might with unholy power
The utmost of deliveries
Till their hope extinguishes,
exiled from the crease,
incarcerated for transgression,
denied deferred redemption
while I broad-blade all morrow into shape.
I am more than the Gods,
I am hero, I choose their fate
By the wreaking of havoc
When I show the maker’s name.

Edgbaston 3rd Test, 4th Day, England 376 all out, Flintoff A, ct Clarke b Horitz 74 from 79 balls