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Tag: Poems about being Irish

‘Skinny Dipping’ by Jean O’Brien

March 17, 2017March 24, 2023 ~ And Other Poems

I’m Irish, we keep our clothes on most of the time. We perform contorted dances on beaches in Cork, or Donegal; undressing under not-yet-wet-towels. Worried that any gap might expose us, lay some body-part bare. It was the Immaculate Conception that did it, if Mary could conceive a child without removing her knickers, then by … Continue reading ‘Skinny Dipping’ by Jean O’Brien

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