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heads off just for fun
ekphrastic for Karel Appel’s 1949 ‘Hip Hip Hooray’
they are the ghosts of party was
you can tell by the claws
the blind and outward blink
matchstick legs
the mermaid fire
in thistle mitts
even a flower’s tail to grip
like coral in bottles
sprung fully armed
hearts bending
breast afloat
strange creatures
and they hold the key
they’re reaching
and we’re just in touch
as pet this our cast an eye
some were once monsters of the loch
and here they have their day
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