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THE DUTCH SCHOOL
In the cemetery of football lie
Hieronymus Bosch expressions,
like the devil arguing
with de Boer and de Wolf.
In P.S.V. land,
the statue of Mr.Philips
flicks the ball like a switch,
when no-one is looking.
A flat Brabant back-four
can turn as a windmill
weaving circles,
waving rattles in the air.
A strong, bright Orange
in Vincent's palette
spreading to all corners of the frame,
from Munich to Buenos Aires
with Cruiff and Arie Haan,
painting goals of fire
with great technique
that somehow go beyond
the normal dribbling and trapping.
Just around the corner flag,
in the Green Gallery,
a new English School emerges
from an apprenticeship
with Bergkamp and Gullit.
After centuries as an art form,
these young Vermeers
are painting in light-
and a very thick gloss.
© Ian Horn. (Mackem)
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