to my salmon lips
to see if I’m ready
and when I drip
when I spit
it burns
tells him
all he needs to know
and he wants to
suck the knowing
out of me
Author’s note: The Salmon of Knowledge is one of many stories surrounding the legend of Finn MacCool (Fionn mac Cumhaill)
A recording of Laura McKee reading ‘Finn MacCool offers his thumb’ on SoundCloud
Laura McKee’s poems have appeared in various journals including The Interpreter’s House, Butcher’s Dog, Obsessed With Pipework, Prole, The Rialto, Ink Sweat & Tears, And Other Poems, and the anthology Mildly Erotic Verse (Emma Press). She was a winner in the Guernsey International Poetry Competition. Contact her on Twitter: @Estlinin
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