Another Day Poem by Dónall Dempsey

Another Day

Rating: 2.5


She carefully applies
lipstick

glosses over the fact that
cosmetics can’t hide that

(she is sick) .

Her face floating
in the compact mirror
(as if trapped)

lights another cancer stick
(the cancer doesn’t mind)

coughs

laughs

smiles at me

(tongue in cheek)

“ Ah, wot de f***...”

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Dónall Dempsey

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.
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