Easter Rising (Joseph Plunkett, 1916)
they blindfolded him
our guide explains
for the benefit of the soldiers
(six standing, six kneeling)
so they wouldn’t see his eyes
when they shot him –
a piece of white paper
marking his heart
the day before, he’d married
in Kilmainham Gaol –
the proposal’s on display
You will marry me and no-one else
he’d written to his Grace
I've been a blind fool
Sea-mare
bare-finned and pregnant – that’s how I like my males
a quick one-two with the ovipositor
stuff his brood pouch so full of eggs, he’s fit to split
then it’s off for a temperate frolic with the girls
I may pop back in a few weeks to watch him expel our little ones
out into the coral forest
Way to go, babe
& afterwards have myself a fat cigar
See you next season & I’ll slap his bony rump
he likes that
