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number 62
P O E T R Y by Marian Kilcoyne |
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| Collateral Damage - i. m. Rosemary Garvey, d. August 17th, 2011 August-bitter morning coffee slops over wrist, legs and feet, at the sudden ballistic whack of a bird on glass. Pain elapsed and tigering to where it lies on cool stone, I am beaten by a year old pup whose mouth is soft for pheasant. She holds the thrush smoothly, eyes me gamely, while I hush staccato breaths: we both know the score. Straining every muscle I pounce, forcing her jaw in a flick-knife second: warm bird, neck broken pillows to the ground. Speckled feathers sweet head, were no matches for sheet glass illusion, the marvel of avian construct sabotaged by its own strange delicacy. ______ Killadoon County Mayo Republic of Ireland ______ |