Educating the body – Kevin Ireland
when she asked
her sudden: why?
she tricked no answer
from my eye
when she tried
to make me slip
she forced no stammer
from my lip
she tried to joke
to sting to trip
her efforts could not
shake my grip
what should she do
with one so sly?
even my body
learns to lie
O'Sullivan, V. (Ed.). (1979). An anthology of twentieth century New Zealand poetry. Wellington: Oxford University Press.
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