Jellyfish

Feb 01, 2007

Undercover guards
Lay electric cables.

The near naked
Wait like prisoners.

Pleasure’s rights
annulled in seconds.

The wilderness grows eyes
Full of contempt.

John Siberry was born Sligo and now lives and works in Dun Laoghaire. His writing has previously been published in Poetry Ireland Review, Force 10, The Stinging Fly and elsewhere.