Tag: poetry
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Angels Weakened by Chain of Flesh
They scream as weak skin shirts them “My flesh is covered with maggots and clods of dirt.” Angels made from radiance descended Light as from the halving dance of radiation And in lust were turned If a thing of flame couple with flesh, should not that flesh be burnt The fruit of forbidden urge once…
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Cancelled Presser
Under pressure executives Trying to measure and execute Around these big personalities A comedy of errors, tank a cancel fee Conor Mcgregor presser cancelled Dublin doesn’t care Doubling down on all the bad stuff Poor Dee Devlin He’s handsy with everyone Has Chandler puppet dancing Where’s this man’s handler? You know he was railing lines…
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Polygyny
Pentapopemtic My finger tired of ring clink They never linger long, on the brink Of wedding or divorce you would think The courts recognise me by now Three from Dublin, two from Cork Keep them coming, fast and thick Can’t swing cat or bate off with stick.
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Cat Temples (Karnak and Memphis)
See the people Living along the Nile Dedicated ailurophiles None dare defy nor defile The feline idols which stare At sand keeping Djinn away Protecting busy quays and bays From sudden invasions By the sea people.
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Fen Tiger
No corner where I am unhunted Among fir and furze, among furred things No coign of vantage No coin supplants my honour Adiaphane sky hides throbbing solar veins gold with sunpour Vanes spin vainly in the gale Procreant urges Priapic verges Virgin earths unspaded Splayed trenches, seed spread throughout Tanned the bronze arms of the…
Alchemisland 