Poetry Ireland Introductions: Selected Poems 2016 by Lenehan Paul

Author:Lenehan, Paul [Lenehan, Paul]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781902121680
Publisher: Poetry Ireland
Published: 2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00

Ellen Cranitch

SANTA FE

Jesús – who came to empty the septic tank,

his slogan, your shit is my bread and butter –

remember the torrent of coke he drank,

the faith he had, profanities he uttered?

The launch of Krisp-B chicken and garlic fries,

your dad, his face caved in, hunting his dentures;

we ate to camera, smiled, evangelised

gourmet pleasures prone to misadventure.

Beneath blue grass, red earth spawned termite towers.

We tracked the antique railroad south to Lamy,

cacti, soft with snow, our desert flowers;

yucca, chilli, guacamole, adobe.

A cable-car, the aspens’ silhouette

took us to heaven. Nothing needs accounting

with love’s redress, suspended above sunset

on the Sangre de Cristo mountains.

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