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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.
© 2008, Joseph Horgan
From: Slipping Letters Beneath the Sea
Publisher: Doghouse Books, Tralee
From: Slipping Letters Beneath the Sea
Publisher: Doghouse Books, Tralee
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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.
From: Slipping Letters Beneath the Sea
THE ACT
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