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Graham Allison – New Poems

Friday, July 26th, 2013

Skeletal Manoeuvres

To be presented with the skeleton
when you were expecting
a living breathing beast

can be disconcerting

but it makes an impression

brings with it a stripped-down stylishness
of thrill and immediacy

which wanes

with repetition and your own aging

after you reach a certain point

the bones of a beast
are
the bones of a beast

they do not provide a full feast for all the senses (more…)

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