I Never Play Basketball Now

I'm not looking to disturb you, just a little to unnerve you
I have nothing about games and always looking back
After the last unholy row I never, ever play basketball now

It joins a list of things I'll miss
Like fencing foils and lovely girls I'll never kiss
Leave it behind on an overcrowded desk
Where the in tray is higher than the out ever will be

Before the tea rooms fill with flirting couples call
Remember to call and flow, it skips like a river
And it rolls flow, you'll swear it's a chapel, isn't that so?

Think of all the things that grew here long before we moved here
All of it good and strong and all of it gone
After that last unholy row, I never, ever play, basketball now