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Eugene O\'Connell
Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror
Mirror, Mirror
Which of us, hand on heart, can swearHe passed a mirror without looking
At his own reflection, not realising that
Others see a dunce’s cap on the head
That’s fussed over as if it was Cleopatra’s.
A head he’d swear on the holy book is
Wiser more debonair, as fit to hold office
As any high court Judge or Taoiseach.
Besotted with himself this dunce forgets
The story of Narcissus the boy who fell
In love with his own reflection in a well.
The gold washed out of his hair when
He was found, the colours of the Adonis
As withered as a handful of old grass.
© 2009, Eugene O\'Connell
From: Diviner
Publisher: Three Spires Press, Cork
Taoiseach: Irish for Prime Minister
The epigraph is an adaptation by the poet of quotes from Sebastian Brant\'s Narrenschiff.
From: Diviner
Publisher: Three Spires Press, Cork
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Mirror, Mirror
Which of us, hand on heart, can swearHe passed a mirror without looking
At his own reflection, not realising that
Others see a dunce’s cap on the head
That’s fussed over as if it was Cleopatra’s.
A head he’d swear on the holy book is
Wiser more debonair, as fit to hold office
As any high court Judge or Taoiseach.
Besotted with himself this dunce forgets
The story of Narcissus the boy who fell
In love with his own reflection in a well.
The gold washed out of his hair when
He was found, the colours of the Adonis
As withered as a handful of old grass.
From: Diviner
Taoiseach: Irish for Prime Minister
The epigraph is an adaptation by the poet of quotes from Sebastian Brant\'s Narrenschiff.
Mirror, Mirror
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