They don’t stay away for long, the ogres
on waking, the demons in sleep,
& recently you wept in the huge auditorium
& you wept behind shades on the bus full of schoolkids
& three minutes ago you wept in the shower
& you’ll probably weep later & you’ll no doubt
weep tomorrow, & there will be reasons to weep
as there are always reasons to weep, always
reasons enough to turn your face into the corner &
away from them all, away from everything, no
matter who is in the other room & repeatedly
calling your name
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Niall Griffiths
Picture by Rogier van der Weyden
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