How to Kill a Living Thing
–Eibhlin Nic Eochaidh
Neglect it
Criticise it to its face
Say how it kills the light
Traps all the rubbish
Bores you with its greenContinually
Harden your heart
Then
Cut it down close
To the root as possibleForget it
For a week or a month
Return with an axe
Split it with one blow
Insert a stoneTo keep the wound wide open.
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