The first man or woman
or was it
The first male or female
preceded
quite incongruously
you might add
by someone
who clearly is
a non-male
Naomi Osaka
The first Japanese
man or woman
to win the US Open
the anomaly corrected much later
in one of the half hourly reports
by a female sports presenter
who took a long time to do
on my morning SAFM radio
overshadowed it was said
by the loser’s outburst
before she actually lost
(if you get my drift)
the loser penalized
severely it is said
the males historically
coming off the lighter
is it tennis
you ponder
or the age-old
way of doing
way of seeing
it’s just not
is it