To All Appearances A Lady - University of British Columbia
To All Appearances A Lady - University of British Columbia
To All Appearances A Lady - University of British Columbia
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G w l a d y s<br />
Dowries<br />
Kissing Cousins<br />
We played as small fat frogs<br />
and you a leprechaun<br />
wide smiling lips and halcyon slanted eyes<br />
before we both shot up<br />
thin as hearth matches or a length <strong>of</strong> string<br />
and you became a flying Dutchman, ball-player,<br />
Siegfried on skates<br />
Then one day as you lunged against the sun<br />
the image froze, I caught<br />
a charcoal stickman from a painted wall<br />
spear poised for the kill<br />
and my great-aunt's voice came back<br />
talking about her brother,<br />
among fine china and dirty silver,<br />
"Well <strong>of</strong> course we realized the only one<br />
Gerald could bring back to Ireland<br />
was the one who looked white."
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