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Gregory O\'Donoghue

MOONS

MOONS

MOONS

sherpa
– the cat – has a
half-moon on her neck.

has two
moons in her full eyes: yellowed pages,
i think some secrets

only the middle ages
could have dreamed the demons lodged there.
when she

sneaks around my study
all the wallpictures turn their eyes,

the table shudders when her half-moon steals from
my water-colour of the courtesan

to the woman bathing.
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MOONS

sherpa
– the cat – has a
half-moon on her neck.

has two
moons in her full eyes: yellowed pages,
i think some secrets

only the middle ages
could have dreamed the demons lodged there.
when she

sneaks around my study
all the wallpictures turn their eyes,

the table shudders when her half-moon steals from
my water-colour of the courtesan

to the woman bathing.

MOONS

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