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Nuala Ní Chonchúir

Sex

An older boy
his front to my back
hooked around me

His brother nearby
leaping in the shadow
of a glasshouse

Their mother blows
long on a whistle
the signal for home

He unpins me
both laugh in my face
I wobble, free

˚

You lap through
the cleated velvet
at my core

Burrowing your tongue
along milky lines
and I blossom

My arcing back
and kneading fingers
are your welcome

When you unpin me
we laugh together
I wobble, free

Gnéas

Gnéas

Déagóir, a chliabh
le mo dhroim
é croctha orm

Tá a dheartháir
ag léimnigh faoi
scáth tí gloine

Séideann a máthair
ar fheadóg – tá sé
in am dul abhaile

Scaoileann sé mé
deineann siad gáire,
tá mé faoi chrith, soar

˚

Bolgann tú
an veilbhit fhillte
atá ceartlár ionam

Ag tochailt do theanga
trí línte lachtacha
go mbláthaím

Is fáilte iad mo
dhroim lúbtha agus
mo mhéara a fhuineann

Nuair a scaoileann tú mé
deineann muid gáire, is
tá mé faoi chrith, saor
Close

Sex

An older boy
his front to my back
hooked around me

His brother nearby
leaping in the shadow
of a glasshouse

Their mother blows
long on a whistle
the signal for home

He unpins me
both laugh in my face
I wobble, free

˚

You lap through
the cleated velvet
at my core

Burrowing your tongue
along milky lines
and I blossom

My arcing back
and kneading fingers
are your welcome

When you unpin me
we laugh together
I wobble, free

Sex

An older boy
his front to my back
hooked around me

His brother nearby
leaping in the shadow
of a glasshouse

Their mother blows
long on a whistle
the signal for home

He unpins me
both laugh in my face
I wobble, free

˚

You lap through
the cleated velvet
at my core

Burrowing your tongue
along milky lines
and I blossom

My arcing back
and kneading fingers
are your welcome

When you unpin me
we laugh together
I wobble, free
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