Goat's Milk by Ormsby Frank

Author:Ormsby, Frank [Frank Ormsby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781780372150
Publisher: Bloodaxe Books
Published: 2015-08-18T16:00:00+00:00

He can hardly believe his luck. An hour ago

he dropped his scythe discreetly in the long grass

of a Fermanagh farm, now he is half a length

from that frail figure, poised, posed in the scales.

In a minute he will step forward, paunch drawn in,

to shake the hand of the boul’ Steve Donoghue.

More likely, he’ll lose his nerve. More likely still,

those two stewards who have begun to enquire

will show him – there’s no justice – the weighing room door.

Before he is turfed out, I hope he takes time

to commend the artist (‘You’re doing rightly, sur.’)

or, as though it might tip the balance, touch him once,

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