The rich and the poor,
The emperor and the prince
Drew from nineteen straws –
In the afternoon
A shower quiets the birds –
No planes overhead
The reflection of a crow
Captured in glasses –
A grave announcement
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Orla Fay edits Boyne Berries. Recently her work has appeared in Dodging the Rain, Atrium Poetry, Tales from the Forest, The Pickled Body, Impossible Archetype and Crannóg. She was shortlisted for The Cúirt New Writing Prize 2019 and highly commended in The Francis Ledwidge Poetry Award 2019. Her debut poetry collection ‘Word Skin’ is forthcoming from Salmon in the spring of 2023. http://orlafay.blogspot.com Twitter@FayOrla