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Joseph Horgan

THE ACT

THE ACT

THE ACT

My brother knows how to jive.
I saw him dancing in the backyard.
A shifting grace across the bare ground,
his suit jacket flapping.
When men dance like that
they want to be their fathers,
to stop all other movement.
It is an act of delirium.
Joseph Horgan

Joseph Horgan

(Verenigd Koninkrijk, 1964)

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THE ACT

My brother knows how to jive.
I saw him dancing in the backyard.
A shifting grace across the bare ground,
his suit jacket flapping.
When men dance like that
they want to be their fathers,
to stop all other movement.
It is an act of delirium.

THE ACT

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