POEM IN ONE BREATH

Not that you
would notice
but every time
you pass
up the corridor
Lenin’s statue
levitates slightly
to get a better view
of the remarkable ease
with which you fill
curved space.
.
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© 1985, Gerry Murphy From: End of Part One – New & Selected Poems. Dedalus Press, Dublin, 2006
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Gerry Murphy is the Poet Laureate of the People’s Republic of Cork.

Poem and Photo courtesy of the poet. Photo by James Brophy. Read about Gerry Murphy HERE

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